Freedom, oppression, masks, mushrooms, apples, Africa, black, white, light, blue trains, the Glasgow underground, chillies, spiders, Japan (the country) Jaco Pastorius, Japan (the musicians), Charlie Mingus, Coltrane, Miles, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, celli, chamber music, the Hammond Organ, Thunderbirds ​ Bill and Ben, Zebedee, The Beano, Pino Palladino, Mackintosh, Klimt, Schiele, Rauchenberg, Carlsberg, Rothko, Hockney, Monet, Michaelangelo, Utamaro, cats, Kats, Kikumara, Coca-cola, coffee, whistles, stripes, new shirts, new buildings, old builings, Landscape, Andy Park (James Dean), Shawbridge Street flats, hot fudge, grids, crosswords, Belfast, Beirut, Berlin, fences, gates, farms, Glasgow, pigeons, seagulls, magpies, sparrows, Royal Scottish Museum, Frasers, Listen Records, Thornton's, Kellogg's, cubes, circles, squares, You're so Square-Elvis, ex-landlady's cooker, Trace Elliot, jars, bottles, labels, tickets, stickers, signposts and much more have influenced this artist and his work. Artist's statement from 1982