jimi hendrix, atmosphere, incubus, ac/dc, aerosmith, al green, alicia keys, arctic monkeys, bb king, beastie boys, the beatles, biggie smalls, blackstar, bob dylan, bob marley, brand new, buddy guy, cake, cat stevens, the clash, coheed and cambria, the cool kids, curtis mayfield, dave matthews, deftones, devin the dude, the doors, eminem, erykah badu, foo fighters, green day, hot hot heat, the isley brothers, joan jett, john coltrane, kenny burrell, kings of leon, lauryn hill, led zeppelin, lupe fiasco, mars volta, maroon 5, marvin gaye, modest mouse, muse, mos def, no doubt, ok go, outkast, the police, the presidents of the united states of america, rage against the machine, radiohead, the ramones, red hot chili peppers, rob zombie, rolling stones, rooney, the shins, simon and garfunkel, smashing pumpkins, spitalfield, stevie ray vaughan, stevie wonder, sublime, system of a down, taking back sunday, talib kweli, three dog night, steppenwolfe, the toadies, tv on the radio, van morrison, war, 311, che guevara...everyone that has come before me and left me a blueprint on how to evolve musically. there is infinite musical wisdom because of them, i couldn't hope to do what i do without them.