I am 关杰 思, and my musical influences include: Louis Armstrong, Blind Melon, David Bowie, Tim Brantley, Leo Brouwer, James Brown, Jay Chou (Zhōu Jiélún, 周杰倫), George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars, David Alan Coe, Cui Jian (老崔), Dadawa (Zhu Zheqin, 朱哲琴), Peter Gabriel, Jay-Z, Matisyahu, Robert Mirabal, Ah Niu (Tan Kheng Seong 陈庆祥), Pink Floyd, Prince, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Anoushka Shankar, The Smashing Pumpkins, Talking Heads, Kanye West, Faye Wong (王菲), Wu Man (吴蛮), and the music in my head..................................................................................................................................... Other influences include: the literature of Allen Ginsberg, Mary Shelley, Ngugi wa Thiong' O, J. R. R. Tolkien; Annie Wang, The Bible; The Qur' an; The art work of James R. Powell Jr.; The City and Mother Nature.