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Nina Simone, John Lee Hooker, Neil Young, Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Blind Willie McTell, Big Mama Thornton, Mississippi John Hurt, Chris Whitley, Gillian Welch, Leonard Cohen (writing in particular), Robert Johnson, Yann Teirson, Jon Brion, Eric Satie, Ryan Adams, Hank Williams, Bill Withers, Poor Harvey, CSNY, Tom Petty, Django Reinhart, Will Oldham, M Ward, Sam Cooke, Miles Davis, Etta James, Van Morrison, Otis Redding, Lightnin' Slim, Beck, Chopin, Tom Waits, Hendrix, Nick Drake, Led Zeppelin, Elvis, Jeff Buckley, Paul Westerberg, T Rex, Aretha Franklin, Howlin' Wolf, Gillian Welch, Bjork, Ray Lamontagne, Amos Lee, Wilco, Lucinda Williams, Bo Diddley, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, J.D. Salinger, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, Dave Eggers, Aldous Huxley, Maya Angelou, Julia Cameron, John Kennedy Toole, Lao Tzu, James Dean, Shel Silverstein, Alfred Hitchcock, Gustav Klimt, Picasso, my mamma, adventures, juxtapositions, seeking, civil rights, southern culture, world culture, truth, observance, whiskey, boots, new york city, louisiana, journies, destinations, late nights, early mornings, longing, sleeping alone, sleeping with others, resonating stringed instruments, possibility, confusion, the limitless mind, delta blues music, beauty, sex, roots, kindred spirits, poor people, rich people, humanity, cynicism, realism, optimism, progress, love, faith, the devil, the savior(s), and all in between. and you (too).
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