To see places in real light. Other possible explanation when I come to think of it as a formal question: Because I want to visit different places, different cultures and be understandable with other peoples' worlds because that's what I believe makes this world nice place to live in.

I don't specifically choose only some bands, my style is a little bit eclectic, not fixed to eras or fashions so I listen to tons of different styles, genres, moods. I reaaaaaaaally love movies so this is a bit too complicated topic to fix with just few words, anyway here are some of my favourites: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 12 Angry Men, American Beauty, Into the Wild, Hours, Citizen Kane, Lost in Translation, basically anything from Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke,...), Flipped, Pelíšky ( a wonderful Czech movie!), Intouchables, The Truman Show, ...! Books: Harry Potter, Lord of the RIngs, Game of Thrones, Of Mice and Men, 1984, Jane Austen's books, Karel Čapek's books, Poláček's Bylo nás pět, Jirotka's Saturnin, ...