Elizabeth Smart (Canadian Author) - Influence

Influence

Ian Brown used a passage from Elizabeth's poem A Musical Note to name his third solo album The Music of the Spheres.

The former singer of British band The Smiths, Morrissey has also talked of his love for Elizabeth Smart. References to 'By Grand Central Station' are littered throughout Smiths songs such as 'What She Said', 'London', 'Well I Wonder', and 'Shakespeare's Sister'.

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