"Karen O was a huge inspiration for me in my early musical journey. I loved how she was able to merge her folk music writing tendencies within the format of rock music."

"This is such a good running tune. I always choose something like this as inspiration for the final mile or so. . . . and I am a huge fan of both Fresh and Nero"

"I’ve never seen anything like this movie. It’s so sad and lonesome. The way it brilliantly captures despair and loneliness was an inspiration for Garden State. Julianne Moore is incomparably good in this."

"I’m just a sucker for a good love story. And that would be another of my influences by Robert Redford. He’s been a definitive inspiration as an actor and as a role model, if you will."

"Patti Smith’s Just Kids was a huge inspiration for me. While reading it, I was so nostalgic about the simplicity and innocence of the art scene in the ’70s, which I think she portrayed really well."

"Jackie Chan is legendary in this film. I used to watch it all the time when I was a young boy. It served as my inspiration to learn how to fight (under the guidance of Master Panna Rittikrai)."

"The founding document of evolutionary psychology, filled with insights about sex and the sexes, and more relevant than ever with #metoo. A major inspiration for the discussions of evolution and sexuality in my own “How the Mind Works.”"