People and bands and other things that helped (inadvertently) make Joel what he is:
Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix
Cream
Beatles
Van Halen
Jeff Beck
Pat Metheny
John Scofield
Wes Montgomery
Scott Henderson
John Coltrane
Herbie Hancock
Ornette Coleman
Keith Jarrett
Miles Davis
DD Jackson
Kurt Rosenwinkel
King Krimson
Frank Zappa
Jonatha Brooke
Janet Reno
Kramer
Dan Rather
Jim Carey
Bill Hicks
All gymnasts
Doug Lualan
The Brady kids
Julia Childs
Ghandi
Nick Nolte
Margaret Nolte (Nick's mom)
The guy who walked the tightrope between the Twin Towers
Several frogs I've known
My wife
Myself (a few years ago)
Dosteovsky
Everyone responsible for creating the movie, "Jacob's Ladder"
Sexy naked women
My old dog, Poco
All the animals who suffer so I can eat meat
My childhood friend Ronny
My late grandfather, Marshall "Scoof" Newton
My parents
The guy who prepared that unbelievably tasty egg sandwich I had this morning
Most endocrinologists
A few ornothologists
A guy named Stew
Brillo
Indonesia
Flavored wax
...more to come!!!