My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.
There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio.
I think Hazard influences the team so much that anywhere he goes you have to give him the ball.
A few of the influences on my career so far have been Isamu Noguchi, Irving Penn, and seeing the riots of 1968 in Paris.
One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded.
Rock was my thing. It influences me and moves me, and it's music that gives me ideas or wings to fly and to make films.
One of the biggest heroes and influences of mine, especially acting and working in comedy, is Steve Coogan.
As always, my influences are diverse and not what you might expect from a 'heavy metal' artist.