Aside from my main influence, my mother (who is a musician herself), I was inspired by meeting all of the awesome remixers at the OCR panels (yes, even the OCAD panel) and seeing how cool and chill everyone is. Quite literally, it was the moment that someone on the panel (I believe Larry) said, "You could be the next remixer," pointing in my direction. I gave it thought, re-listened to some of the OCR tracks, and thought, "heck, why not try?"
My list of OCR idols:
WillRock, Darkesword, Mattias Gerdt (Anosou), Disco Dan (remember him?), C418, Protodome, Zircon, and others I'm too lazy to name...
Special shout out to Level 99, Joshua Morse, and Danny Baranowsky, just cause.
Edit: Also, Christopher Tin. That guy is a G!