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One of my favorites was Bernie Mac.
I think my funny books are my favorites because I like to laugh so much.
I don’t have a favorite drink. I don’t do favorites of anything, practically.
Skating is a very subjective sport where fans have their favorites.
Favorites’ questions are my least liked questions because I’ve never been any good at favorites.
Natalie Portman is one of my favorites, and Jodie Foster. Those two are amazing actresses.
There are a lot of aspects of filmmaking that I love, but one of my favorites is in post, finding the right song for the right moment.
Some of my favorites are the classics like ‘What They Do,’ ‘Proceed,’ ‘You Got Me,’ and ‘Silent Treatment.’
I really love young Tom Hanks. He’s just one of my favorites. He’s a great, quirky every-man. I also love Zach Braff. I really love actors that are quirky and interesting, that sort of try to portraynormalpeople.
The spaghetti Western genre is definitely one of favorites.
I honestly don’t read that much. Obviously I read chess books – in terms of favorites, Kasparov’s ‘My Great Predecessors‘ is pretty good.
I love Indian food and Thai food; those are, like, my favorites. I also like Japanese and some Italian.
Notorious B.I.G. was one of my favorites. I started getting into hip-hop around the Bad Boy era.
I really love Celine. Obviously. Alexander Wang. Givenchy. Those are probably my main favorites. Dolce & Gabbana, too.
I love a good steak. I like my meat. I love broccoli – it’s one of my favorites – and corn, too. I mix it up with my vegetables.
There are many great fighters in the UFC; some of my favorites are Rodrigo Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, and B. J. Penn, but aside from these guys, the UFC has many great fighters in every division.
I have two favorites: Reading Kierkegaard while listening to Mozart‘s Piano Concerto 9 in E Flat Major, and reading early Bazooka Joe comics in Hebrew.
I love all the ‘Harry Potter‘ books. Those are just my favorites.
When I was a kid and went to shows, my favorites were Live Events. You really see a performer‘s personality on Live Events than on TV.
Larry Fitzgerald, I’ve spent so much time with him, he‘s one of my favorites and one of the best.
One of my favorite authors, Garbrielle Zevin, she did a book called ‘Elsewhere,’ that is one of my favorites, and I think they’re making that into a movie too. I really want to be in that one just because the story is so beautiful.
I wanted people to talk about the finale of ‘The Vampire Diaries‘ as one of their favorites, which is a lofty ambition, but it certainly drove me hard creatively to make sure that we had put as much thought and love into it as we possibly could.
One of my favorite books is ‘Nineteen EightyFour‘ by George Orwell, and ‘Catcher in the Rye,’ obviously, is a big influence and is one of my favorites.
Comedy is one of my favorites, but I also want to get into drama and sci-fi.
My next project will be a Christian album, another one. I wrote the songs for the ones you’re referring to, but I want to do some of my old gospel favorites. That’s what my next album’s going to be.
Football, basketball, and track are my favorites, but I really enjoy watching all sports.
I think one of my favorite directors is P.T. Andersonliving directors, I should say. And Spike Jonze is one of my favorites, Gus Van Sant.
One of my favorites is ‘Parks and Recreation.’ Great show; awesome writing; beautiful, diverse cast. They also have a very diverse writer‘s room, which I love.
If I never fought for the belt, it wouldn’t bother me. That whole song and dance gets tiring, and it’s a lot of playing favorites. I’ve just had it dangled in front of me so many times, I’m just like, whatever, man.
Many times the players get in there and it’s just about as well as they could have done, and other times they get in there and they favorites and they don’t win.
I liked Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin and the Eagles. Those were some of my favorites.
‘2001: A Space Odyssey‘ is a movie that really impressed me as a teenager. And also ‘Blade Runner.’ And ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ is also one of my favorites. I’m always looking for sci-fi material, and it’s difficult to find original and strong material that’s not just about weaponry.
I always loved ‘90210’ growing up. It was one of my favorites – the old-school ‘90210’.
I like all of McClure’s pickles, but my personal favorites are the spicy ones.
The jazz chord substitutions in a country song… that was another thing that bent people’s ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It’s not how fast you play. It’s that unique blending of different stuff I’m most proud of.
I got to sing with Placido Domingo… I got to sing with Aaron Neville, who is one of my favorites. Got to sing with Brian Wilson, one of the great high tenors. And Ricky Skaggs, a bluegrass tenor. I’m also proud of my musical friendship with Emmylou Harris.
I sing ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky.’ It’s a country song. It’s one of my favorites to sing.
I love all different kinds of music, but my favorites on my iPod are Bruno Mars, Rascal Flats, Taylor Swift just to name a few.
My reading with RuPaul was actually, for me, on a personal level, one of my favorites and the most shocking. This is someone I’ve wanted to read for a long time and so when he was standing there I nearly fainted.
The cat eye is one of my favorites to rock because you can do so much with it from a thicker, bold look to the thin, simple black line. I sometimes even step it up a notch by adding colored liner or glitter to keep it fun and unique!
A dream set would include songs by other artists like Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and other favorites. More obscure Heart songs like ‘Wait For an Answer‘ and ‘Nada One’ would be fun, plus fan favorites like ‘Love Mistake‘ and ‘Language of Love.’ Endless possibilities.
As a performing group, the Beatles began by playing old rock favorites, for dancing, to tough audiences in Liverpool and Hamburg. When they began writing seriously, they discovered that they couldn’t compose in the early American rock tradition.
In terms of brands, Jovani is one of my favorites, and also Zhivago, and I love Steve Madden shoes.
I listen to anything anyone gives me. I always go back to a few basic favorites. I can always listen to Django Reinhardt and hear something I haven‘t heard before. I like to listen to Art Tatum and Coltrane and Charlie Parker. Those are guys who never seem to run out of ideas.
I like Dover sole. It’s always one of my favorites. I like it when I’m in England. I eat it every day almost. I think it’s probably one of my favorite fish.
One of my favorites has always been ‘Swap Meet.’ One of the reasons why I like that is it’s a song that’s in a drop-D tuning, and of course, also being a guitar player, it’s one of the songs that I really like the riff on it.
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I’ve got my old favorites like The Eagles and Bon Jovi.
I grew up on Charles Addams’ cartoons, particularly ‘The Addams Family,’ and Uncle Fester was always one of my favorites.
Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It’s really rare when the favorites win.
Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters.
All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved – probably too starved to go on writing myself.
Melbourne is a great city and one of the favorites place on tour for many players.
One of my favorites is ‘The Sound of Music’. When Julie Andrews runs through the hills singing her head off, I always wish that a gust of wind would blow her skirt up.
I’m a total fangirl for Nancy Meyers. I love all her movies – ‘Something’s Gotta Give,’ ‘Father of the Bride,’ ‘The Parent Trap,’ etc. I also love Woody Allen – ‘Annie Hall‘ and ‘Manhattan‘ are my favorites.
When I venture out to eat, I like to go to places with food that I don’t know how to make. So my favorites are Japanese and Indian. Indian food has so much layering of flavor, and the dishes go together so harmoniously.
I have a weak spot for late ’60s-early ’70s yippie paperbacks and protest manifestos. I find them at flea markets or online. One of my favorites is ‘Right On,’ a compendium of student protests made into this 95-cent paperback with the most amazing graphics.
I love ‘Some Enchanted Evening‘, and ‘If I Loved You‘. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
You can get caught up in the game, just like everybody else in the park. But I can’t play favorites and hope this guy gets a hit or that guy gets an out. I have to make decisions based on data and common sense. I have to manage every game to win.
Italian wines are my favorites. I like a big, booming red wine that blows your taste buds away.
Every great sandwich starts with a great bun, and my absolute favorites are Sara Lee Artesano Bakery Buns and Rolls – they’re quick, simple and work perfectly with all my favorite recipes!
On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my favorites.
Doing Tim’s film is always going to be the most pleasure. Let me just put it that way. So, without drawing favorites one way or the other, getting back with him and doing Mars Attacks! was certainly a special treat.
And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.
It’s not all ‘Jane Eyre’ out there. In her sweet, honorable, slightly passive-aggressive way, Jane was as perfect as a protagonist can get while remaining interesting; in fact, she’s one of my favorites. But most characters are more morally ambiguous.
Bron gave me a pair of his LeBron 1s in my size, the original Air Zoom Generation ones. My favorites are Jordan 1s, 11s and any kind of Air Maxes.
From the minute I became aware of Jimmie Vaughan and his playing, he was one of my very favorites. So I made it my business to meet him and become friends with him – to work with him and record some of his material.
I work in a studio with lots of young people, most of whom are my former students. We delight in trading YouTube videos! We all stop working to watch them. I’m totally addicted to anything with kittens and puppies, but ‘Very Scared Kid’ is one of my favorites.
I always give the audience a variety because I want to make sure they hear the favorites and all that.
I’ve been Intercontinental Champion lots of times, Television Champion. One of my favorites has been the Hardcore Championship because it reflected my favorite style, and I feel that the X Division belt does that, too.
I don’t have one movie that is my favorite, I have about 25-30 favorites.
Of course there is school and sports, but I also like X-Box 360. ‘Black Ops 3’ is one of my favorites. I also like to play the guitar and piano.
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I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice.
I want to tell more stories about lying, dual lives, self-deception – those are my favorites.
I think going on the road for a couple games, I always feel it’s better to go out for a couple games than just one game and come back. The out-and-backs, to me, are not my favorites.
The advent of DVD/Blu-ray reissues of classic Hollywood and foreign films has been a boon to film buffs, who can now study their favorites in all their glistening detail and restored palettes.
BB cream is my lifesaver! It’s so light on my skin, plus it protects and gives me coverage at the same time. My favorites are from Maybelline and Smashbox.
‘Bandhan’ is easily one of my favorites as the title itself talks of eternal bonds. It is an excellent example of a movie that shows truth always prevails.
I think the two exercises that have helped me the most include using the bands with my ankles, and then another one of my favorites is where I lean on a balloon-shaped ball with my forehead touching it and rotate my head front, back and sideways to build up the muscles and ligaments in my neck.
Christopher Guest movies are my top of the line favorites.
For me, one of my favorites, director-wise, is Tim Burton. I also really admire the work of actors like Sean Penn. He is probably my favorite actor because of his dedication and commitment to roles, and the ability to morph and change himself when he needs to. It’s about dedication and commitment and a passion.
Free Fallin’ is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
I liked hacking into and pirating computer games while in college. One of my favorites was Bethesda’s ‘Terminator 2029.’ So I drove to their offices and asked for a job.
Cube‘ was the first big science fiction film I was a part of. It was a fantastic directorial debut by one of my oldest friends Vincenzo Natali and it remains one of my most painful and uncomfortable roles. It’s also one of my favorites.
I’m a bit more of a suspense reader on the adult side, but my favorites were the ones I grew up reading.
‘Elf’ is one of my favorites.
Early on, one of my favorites was Ray Charles. I remember hearingI Can‘t Stop Loving You‘ in the early ’60s and thinking, ‘What an unbelievably soulful voice.’ In those days, the Deep South was extremely segregated.
Of all the forms of exercise I’ve taught, Pilates is one of my favorites.
Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats – which they were.
As long as I can remember, I was a WWE fan. I wanted to grow up and be a WWE superstar just like my favorites.
I enjoy almost all of the game we kill. I only like to eat game that I have cleaned. I guess duck and dressing are still one of my favorites. We prefer fat green-winged teal or wood ducks for our dressing.
There was a board game called ‘Sorcery,’ which is one of my favorites, and I would often revisit the game. It’s not a video game, but it definitely stands out in my mind as a game that impacted me.
Remember the Titans‘ is one of my favorites, not so much because of the actual record, but because there’s so many different backstories.
You don’t have favorites among your offspring, and you don’t among the artists you’re involved with, but clearly among my most favorite was Patti Smith.
Call Me On The Ouija Board‘ is homage not just to horror movies involving children, but my favorites as a child.
Winning is very addictive, that’s why it’s very hard when suddenlyboom – you are not the favorites any more.
I grew up playing guitar in the late Nineties, early 2000s, so a very acoustic-driven pop-rock era, and then in college, I started listening to Jason Isbell and Kacey Musgraves. Then I really fell in love when I discovered really old country, like June Carter Cash – one of my all-time favorites.
I love ‘Ocean Avenue‘ by Yellowcard. That’s always been one of my favorites.
In football and paper things look different but surprises happen, it’s why I don’t believe in having a favorites role in every game we play because the unpredictable can happen.
Using the correct apps can completely change how your photos look. It’s really exciting because once you’ve already taken a good photo, it can become 10 times better if you use the right combination of apps. My favorites are VSCO Cam, Afterlight, Facetune and SKRWT.
I wouldn’t say that I’m an Italian wine connoisseur. I do like red wine. I guess my favorites now are Bordeauxes. French.
I love ‘White Christmas.’ That’s one of my favorites just because I love the music. I love the story, Bing Crosby. It’s just one of my all time favorites. And it’s hard to have a Christmas without seeing a little bit of Jimmy Stewart and angels running around town.
People shouldn’t be teaching if they break appointments, if they behave in an irresponsible way. I try to be down-to-earth and sensible. I want students to know I’m going to work for all of them and not play favorites and that I’m really going to do my work.
I would love to work with Nickleback. I think they’re an incredible band. One of my favorites.
Aquaman is one of the greatest characters at DC Comics and one of my favorites.
My favorites are songs that I get an emotional charge from, whatever genre they’re in.
I have so many different styles. My favorites are from Amo, Levi’s, and Frame.
That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
Night of the Living Dead‘ is one of my favorites.
Batman Returns‘ was a huge movie and one of my favorites growing up. It’s incredible.
‘What Doesn’t Kill You’ is a really great movie that was little seen but, I think, is one of my personal favorites.
Some of my favorite actresses are Cate Blanchett, I love her. I love Zoe Saldana, and Julianne Moore is one of my favorites. I like women who choose diverse roles and have that strength, which I think all women have but some women embrace it, present it, and live in it.
I would say New York, Chicago, Memphis, and Los Angeles were my favorites.
I have lots of favorites movies. I say this only because it’s a favorite movie because it’s a sport I love. I’m a huge baseball fan. There are movies I like as much as this, but I sort of single this movie out because I’m a baseball nut, and that’s ‘Field of Dreams.’
The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy, ‘The Virgin Suicides‘ by Jeffrey Eugenides, ‘The Interpreter of Maladies’ by Jhumpa Lahiri, and ‘Blindness‘ by Jose Saramago.
‘So Icy’ is always going to be one of my favorites because this is a song that blew my mind. I was just making beats for the fun of it. I went to the club and heard the song being played, so I asked the DJ to stop playing the song, and the whole club started rapping word for word.
I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.
I love ‘Husbands and Wives,’ Woody Allen’s movie. It’s like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
For any book, it’s distilling all of the moments in the book that are either fan favorites or pivotal that you have to have in there, and how you tie that all up into a two hour movie is not the easiest job.
I like movies in particular, on video or T.V. I have lots of old favorites, like Danny Kaye in ‘The Court Jester‘ or ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‘ or James Stewart in ‘Winchester ’73.’ But I also like a lot of modern films.
Sports cars from the ’50s and ’60s are my favorites.
From food trucks to hot dog stands to county fair favorites, ‘street food’ has enjoyed a rich and storied history in American cuisine. However, street food has been around for thousands of years. In fact, street food is believed to have originated as far back as Ancient Rome.
I’m a big ‘Goosebumps‘ fan – ‘Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes.’ My favorites are the pick-your-own-death ones.
Deep-stack games like High Stakes Poker are the favorites among both poker pros and avid fans of televised poker. In these games, the most talented players shine and the most exciting action takes place.
I like, ‘I Believe In Father Christmas‘ – that is one of my favorites it is a lovely composition; ‘Colder Than Winter‘ as well. There are so many beautiful songs.
Joaquin Sabina is one of my favorites. He’s like a legend. He’s like our Bob Dylan, or our Bruce Springsteen. He’s one of the most talented writers of our Latin music.
Don Lemon is one of my favorites. I love him.
Carey Mulligan and Felicity Jones are two of my favorites. I’m not so much younger than them. I like that. It’s kind of aspirational.
At our house, we’d always open presents with our Christmas records playing. ‘Little Drummer Boy’ was one of my favorites when I was a kid because it was about a kid.
N.Y. is definitely one of my favorites. Love the culture, people, attitude and music, art, and fashion.
I would absolutely love to wrestle Sami Zayn because he’s absolutely one of my favorites to watch. I think me and his style would just work. That would definitely be a dream match of mine.
I watch a ton of movies. Going way back, I like ‘The Godfather.’ ‘The Matrix‘ was one of my favorites – the first one; they got a little carried away after the first one. Those are two that stand out.
When I lived in China, there were no libraries. My mother bought books for me, and they were mostly the classics. I read ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘The Secret Garden,’ the ‘Rosemary‘ books, and Kipling‘s ‘Just So’ Stories was one of my favorites. No, I didn’t read historical fiction. It didn’t exist where I was growing up in China.
‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn‘ by Betty Smith is one of my favorites. Even though it doesn’t have any monsters or crazy fantasy in it, it’s such a raw story, and I can really relate to the characters. I think it’s a beautiful story.
Swaying to new beats, hearing old favorites, and drinking expensive beer are ageless pastimes.
I loved ‘Paranormal Activity.’ It was one of my favorites before. It was a tradition; my friends and I went every year.
John Mayer and Jack Johnson are two of my all-time favorites. I love Colbie Caillat and really cool, beach-y, guitar, acoustic type music.
Queso fresco, which is a very mild cheese, is definitely one of my favorites.
I spent quite a lot of time in front of the bathroom mirror. Nearby, there was a stack of books. My favorites were ‘The Death of Manolete’ and the cartoons of Charles Addams. I would pretend to be Morticia Addams. I was drawn to her. I used to pull my eyes back and see how I’d look with slanted eyelids.
I’m getting Puppetmasters, too. They’re one of my favorites. And they’re coming out with new Puppetmasters. I try not to get everything, but I want so much.
I wasn’t a big science fiction aficionado, there were a few films like 2001 or Blade Runner that were favorites of mine, but since I started this series I have gained more respect for the genre and become more of a fan myself.
I only ever get to work with Naito once a year. I’d love to wrestle him again. Yeah, he’s good, for sure. The person I’ve never worked before in a New Japan ring – and I’d be happy to get the chance and show the difference of styles – is Zack Sabre, Jr., so that’d be another one. Yeah, he’s one of my favorites.
I love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites.
Beyonce, Otis Redding, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, and Adele are a few of my favorites.
I’m a romantic. The impressionists have always been my favorites. I like prettinessbeauty, or what I perceive as beauty.
I really don’t have favorites; I’m just a fan of movies, period.
James Dean has never been one of my guys. I don’t want to be him. I will take boring anytime. I love boring! Are you kidding me? Matt Damon has been one of my favorites forever. He always elevates every bit of material, and then you don’t hear a thing about him.
To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites.
I love to listen to pop all the time! I like to be updated on the new hits; I think it’s important for what we do. Among my favorites of all time is, of course, Madonna. But I also love Kylie, our little princess; Beyonce, Bruno Mars, and Justin Bieber. And I listen to Italian pop music like Tiziano Ferro.
My favorites growing up were always Billy Joel, Michael Jackson… and Placido Domingo.
I have a huge span of fans, some who know all my radio songs and are familiar with my popular stuff and then some who have their own personal favorites. When I do my show, I try to take into consideration all those people.
There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
My best nutrition tip is to eat things you like that are low in calories and fat. Some of my favorites are chicken, rice, assorted veggies, egg white omelets, turkey sandwiches and protein shakes.
I must say that the role in Hey Ram’ is one of my favorites. It brought me a lot of acclaim and appreciation.
I loved disco music, and I still count Donna Summer as one of my favorites of all time.
Disney movies have had a tradition of excellent music since the beginning. Some of my favorites are ‘Fantasia,’ ‘Dumbo,’ ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Toy Story.’
My buildings are like my children, so I cannot have favorites.
I think we should wear any look we want to! The grunge style early 1990s is one of my favorites.
All of the directors I’ve worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites.
I have a couple of all-time favorites: Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished.
My favorite favorites are people like Bunuel, Fellini and Charlie Chaplin.
One of my favorites is Dominick Cruz, a training partner of mine.
I revisit old favorites like ‘Buffy’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica‘ when I’m bored. I am obsessed with ‘Scandal.’ I love TV.
I loved ‘WWF No Mercy‘ for the Nintendo 64. One of my favorites games was ‘WCW Thunder.’ I loved playing that game, and I loved being The Steiner Brothers. They were so cool, and they were some of the most powerful characters.
I love ‘Modern Family; I think that is a great show. I don’t get to watch tons of TV, but when I do, ‘Sons of Anarchy‘ is pretty much the number one, and ‘Modern Family’ is one of my favorites.
I would be lying if I said I cut out all dessert. When I’m training, I try to satisfy those cravings with a slightly healthier dessert, like a piece of dark chocolate or whipped cream and strawberries. Those are two of my favorites!
And it really is a good feeling to get up there and make that sound. I’m not stuck in a time warp, because I can use as many of the old songs as I want to, just the favorites.
I was always inundated with music, whether it be my mother’s favorites like Fleetwood Mac and Carole King and the Carpenters, or my dad‘s jazz music.
I think when you finish an album, you tend to have your favorites, where a lot of the time are not the singles.
I really feel like social media – it’s like all these tiny stages that you put yourself on. And you come to rely on these likes and favorites, and it’s this applause and this validation that you start to need. Then it’s like you don’t know how to soothe yourself, and I think it’s very pernicious.
I remember sneaking a look at films like ‘D.C. Cab‘ and ‘Doctor Detroit‘ when my parents weren’t watching. ‘One Crazy Summer’ with John Cusack was one of my favorites.
Barbra Streisand has always been an inspiration for me. I admire Jennifer Lopez because she’s been against all the odds, and she’s made such a name for herself, and she can put her name on anything and it sells, and I admire that about her, but Barbara Streisand and Woody Allen are my favorites.
I have my own favorites; right now it’s ‘Simple Man,’ but that changes from time to time.
Hard to say an absolute favorite, but some of my favorites are: ‘Ryan’s Daughter,’ ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo‘s Nest,’ ‘The Piano,’ Lina Wertmuller’s ‘Swept Away,’ ‘Blade Runner.’
I tend to write some, then outline some, then delete some, then go back and rewrite some. I love revising and hate first drafts. I have to wear bedroom slippers. My current favorites come from the Zetter Hotel in London. They have little tobacco pipes on the toes.
I would love to work with Quentin Tarantino – he’s my number one. My ultimate. I would love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson, Alexander Payne – Pedro Almodovar wouldn’t be too shabby. There are so many good directors, but those are some of my favorites.
There are so many books I love for different reasons. For superhero stuff, I always go back to Alan Moore’s ‘Watchmen‘ or his ‘Swamp Thing’ run. Those are my two favorites, and there are indie books that I really love, like Eddie Campbell‘s ‘Alec’ books and ‘From Hell.’
When I work with Dre, he usually does more than 100 records and then picks his favorites.
Jazz doesn’t have much to do with how I write songs, but I am a big fan. My favorites are Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, and Mose Allison.
I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds which feel realistic and familiar to me, or who can make me feel inspired.
During my first run with WWE, I didn’t realize it at the time, but I came to find out I was one of the favorites. I had no idea – you don’t know if you’re liked there or hated there and it could be both in the same day.
I like ‘The Graduate.’ That’s one of my favorites.
Jason Statham is one of my favorites. I’ve watched basically every single one of his action movies, and they’re all creative.
Sometimes I practice to Allan Holdsworth or John McLaughlin, but I don’t just practice to jazz and jazz-fusion albums. I’ll practice to TV theme music – one of my favorites is ‘M*A*S*H.’ I’ll just play along with anything on the TV.
Juicy J was always one of my favorites. For one, he was a producer and I just used to love how he came on his verses every time.
Like every other car guy, I’ve watched ‘The Fast and the Furious,’ and I want to go out and race and drift and all the crazy stuff. Another one of my favorites is ‘Cobra.’ That’s where I got my love for the Merc, where he had the one that had the license plate that said ‘AWSOM 50.’
There are not so many songs written about love today like there were in the past. It’s all changed, but that’s why my songs still last as big favorites today.
I love ‘Somebody to Love’ by Queen and of course ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is one of my favorites, just because it makes everyone in the room go crazy. Everyone tries to sing along with it, and half the room gets it right and the other half gets it wrong.
I don’t really get a lot of stuff sent to me, but I do get things given to me in person. One of my favorites was from a kid in the mid-’90s. He gave us all a bunch of pants he made.
I just watch movies I like over and over. It seems to be a lot of sci-fi stuff. My favorites are probably – besides the first two ‘Alien‘ films, I watch ‘2001’, I watch ‘Star Wars‘, the first ones, because those actually had a huge effect on me as well, ‘Empire Strikes Back’ especially.