Из русского рока обожаю: Наутилус, Аквариум и Арию (с Кипеловым); Muse, Serj Tankian, Arctic Monkeys, Blind Guardian, The Last Shadow Puppets, Radiohead, Metallica, Rhapsody of Fire, Lacrimosa, Goran Bregovic etc

Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, Underworld, The man who cried, Deadman, Frost/Nixon, Vidoc

Нил Гейман "Американские боги", Бодлер "Цветы зла", Полидори "Вампир", Бекфорд "Ватек", Жак Казот "Влюбленный дьявол", Дюма "Тысяча и один призрак", поэзия Эдгара По

"Y'know, if you're bored of the songs, then you're bored of the songs. Not much you can do"(Thom York).
"The freakiest thing about all of this, is the idea that you would be one of those bands to somebody. That in itself is the reason to keep going. The rest is bullshit."(Thom York).
I thought to myself that if I'm in a job where I can't call a damn racist a damn racist, then it's not for me. (Thom Morello).

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;
courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
-Winston Churchill.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.
--Esther de Waal

By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere pleasureable feeling, a fleeting emotion, or a mood, but an optimal state of being. Happiness is also a way of interpreting the world, since while it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.
--Matthieu Ricard

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."- Albert Einstein

"Everything I ever did I copied from someone else"
--Sam Walton

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions,
perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer"
- Thoreau

Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.
--Anthony Robbins