Influence
British comedian Mel Smith, when asked the question “What one song would work as the soundtrack to your life?”, replied: “Idiot Wind”.
Some of the lyrics of Idiot Wind are mentioned in the song Only Wanna Be with You by American band Hootie & the Blowfish.
Swedish musician Amanda Bergman, wife of The Tallest Man on Earth, performs under the stage name Idiot Wind.
Canadian poet Rob Winger titled the third section of his second collection, The Chimney Stone, after Idiot Wind.
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Famous quotes containing the word influence:
“A bestial and violent man will go so far as to kill because he is under the influence of drink, exasperated, or driven by rage and alcohol. He is paltry. He does not know the pleasure of killing, the charity of bestowing death like a caress, of linking it with the play of the noble wild beasts: every cat, every tiger, embraces its prey and licks it even while it destroys it.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)
“The Family is the Country of the heart. There is an angel in the Family who, by the mysterious influence of grace, of sweetness, and of love, renders the fulfilment of duties less wearisome, sorrows less bitter. The only pure joys unmixed with sadness which it is given to man to taste upon earth are, thanks to this angel, the joys of the Family.”
—Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872)
“A healthy soul stands united with the Just and the True, as the magnet arranges itself with the pole, so that he stands to all beholders like a transparent object betwixt them and the sun, and whoso journeys towards the sun, journeys towards that person. He is thus the medium of the highest influence to all who are not on the same level.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)