I tried to keep these limited to true influences, not just every last thing I like, but the list is still massive, and could be longer (the Winchester High Street, the Pacific Ocean, the Mediteranean Sea, the stars, the moon…)- – - Allen Ginsberg, Ali Farka Toure, The Allman Brothers Band, Andres Segovia, The Animals, Antonio Vivaldi, Aphex Twin, Aretha Franklin, The Ashbies, The B-52s, B.B. King, The Band, The Beatles, Beck, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Billy Holliday, Bo Diddley, Bo Keeney, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bobby McFerrin, The Byrds, Cake, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Cat Power, Cat Stevens, Charles Mingus, The Clash, Country Joe & The Fish, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Devendra Banhart, Devo, The Doors, Dr. Suess, Dylan Thomas, Edgar Allen Poe, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, Fairport Convention, The Flaming Lips, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Sinatra, Franz Kafka, Fredric Chopin, Funkadelic, George Gershwin, The Grateful Dead, Green Day, The Gun Club, H.G. Wells, The Hives, Howlin’ Wolf, Hunter S. Thompson, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Jack Kerouac, James Brown, Jeff Buckley, Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Joel & Ethan Coen, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Coltrane, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Ken Kesey, Kings of Leon, The Kinks, Larry Specter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Led Zepplin, Lightning Hopkins, Little Richard, Lonnie Donnegan, The Looney Tunes, Lou Reed, Louis Armstrong, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Mahalia Jackson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Martin Scorsese, The Marx Brothers, Miles Davis, Miriam Makeba, The Modern Lovers, The Moldy Peaches, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Odeum Guitar Duo, Orson Wells, Otis Redding, Patti Smith, Paul Simon (& Art Garfunkle), Pink Floyd, The Police, Portishead, Pyotr Illich Tchaikovsky, Quintin Tarrentino, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Ravi Shankar, Ray Charles, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Robert Johnson, The Rolling Stones, Sammy Davis Junior, Santana, Scott Joplin, Screamin’ Jay Hopkins, Sex Pistols, The Simpsons, Skip James, Sly & The Family Stone, Soledad Brothers, Son House, The Specials, Spike Jonze, Squarepusher, Stevie Wonder, Stanley Kubrick, The Stone Roses, The Strokes, T-Bone Walker, T.S. Eliot, Tenacious D, Tim Burton, Tom Waits, Toots & The Maytals, Van Morrison, The Velvet Underground (& Nico), Walt Disney, Whirlwind Heat, The White Stripes, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Woody Allen, Woody Guthrie, Yeah Yeah Yeahs