Ben Franklin, Stephen Hawking, Joseph Campbell, Einstein, Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci, James Gleick, James Gleasman, the Dalai Lama, Paramhansa Yogananda, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ta' Shunke Witko, Dennis Kucinich, Gandhi, Queen Elizabeth I, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Rubin, Erica Jong, Jolan Chang, Sheila Chandra, Lisa Gerrard, Hidegard von Bingen, Rembrandt van Rijn, Gaudi, Leonardo da Vinci, Vermeer, Caravaggio, Bernini, Mozart, Midori, Itzhak Pearlman, Cirque du Soliel, the Kodo Drummers, and the guys from Shpongle. . .

But most of all my blood family for their support and understanding, and my wonderfully talented familia of artistic and musical friends, whose raw talent never ceases to amaze and inspire me. I am blessed to be surrounded by such beautiful people. They are the stars that shine in the sky of my imagination.