| Influences | I am influenced by Jesus, the Bible, myself, my family, my friends, my boyfriend, Mentone AL, Alabama in general, Atlanta GA, Cork City Ireland, Yellowstone National Park, Austin TX, Hope Chapel, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the hippie movement of the 1960s and 70s, my guitar, the internet, gospel songs, Pierce Pettis, Laura Harris, Patty Griffin, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Lauryn Hill, U2, The Beatles, Derek Webb, Andrew Peterson, Andy Gullahorn, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nickel Creek, India Arie, Bonnie Raitt, Shawn Colvin, Tracy Chapman, Claude Monet, Donald Miller, C.S. Lewis, The Burnside Writers Collective, Star Wars, G.K. Chesterton, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how much I've eaten, how much I've slept, how much caffeine I've absorbed, how much I've been reading my Bible, whether or not I have a cold, whether or not it's a sunny day, whether or not my hair looks good, whether or not I've talked to Cris, and many other things. |
