I was always impressed by some of the progressive styles of guys like Neil Peart.
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As a halfway decent college DJ, I had been exposed to some great progressive stuff and always took pride in unearthing musical gems.
I've been blessed to be one of those guys who's looked at as a fashion-forward type of guy.
Men with style are great because they have a sense of self.
God love Neil Patrick Harris - how great is that. People grew up with him; they go, 'Oh it's him, it's that little boy and he just happens to be gay. How great for him!' The more of those kind of examples that happen, the better it's going to be.
Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley - guys like that were huge influences.
I believe that Ryan Murphy is a genius. His instincts remind me of Andy Warhol. I recently went to the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, and you can see a lot of echoes of Andy in Ryan's work. Like Andy, Ryan's finger is so on the pulse of culture that he's ahead of culture. Their aesthetic and their vision of the world are very similar.
Bob Seger was a huge inspiration.
I think I get a lot of ideas from when I was a kid, listening to Casey Kasem's 'American Top 40.'
Patrick Swayze reminded me a lot of Gene Kelly. Patrick had that Everyman quality. Gene made dancing sort of an accessible idea for the regular guy out there.
Tony Kaye is great with that kind of stuff. Up until American History X, he had only done commercials.
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