I've been majorly influenced by guys who have nothing to do with music.
I used to go to the library and read up on guys like Charlie Chaplin, Issaac Asimov, Steven Speilberg, George Lucas etc...

If you read those guys autobiographies you learn a hell of a lot about work ethics and how they apply themselves to their work and inspirations.
Like.... Charlie Chaplin.... Alfred Hitchcock, redoing the same takes a hundres times just to get the right take. Or Asimov, spending years honing his craft by writing hundreds of novels....

Go to the library and read their auto biographies and you wouldn't believe the amount of work they put into their projects.
Like... Charlie Chaplin, spending weeks redoing the same 3 minute over and over again just to get the right mood.