He also wanted the music to express the kind of jazz music that Pollock listened to and enjoyed.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

He also listened to music that influenced his later singing, including country, rhythm and blues, and religious music.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

I am tired and all is well. He lowered his head to his chest and listened to the snow as his son rode away.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

He was also influenced by the music his Rastafarian father listened to.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

Death waited ever hungry. Death had the hungriest stomach of all. Koskoosh listened to other sounds he would hear no more: the men tying strong leather rope around the sleds to hold their belongings;

VOA: special.2010.02.27