I think when it comes to writing music in general (from my limited experience) it's a time and place thing .. as and example it would difficult for say dave the drummer to write a tune just like one that he did 10 years ago ... its a different now , you look at things in a different perspective.

Now for say Jeff mills and the like what influences do they have ? with all that money and jet setting everywhere as opposed to slumming it like if you decided to go play at a french tek out in the middle of an old run way :)