"Dust in the Wind" is a defining acoustic ballad by the American progressive rock band Kansas, released on their 1977 album Point of Know Return. The song originated from a simple finger-picking exercise composed by guitarist Kerry Livgren, which his wife encouraged him to turn into a full song. Inspired by a line he encountered in a book of Native American poetry—"For all we are is dust in the wind"—Livgren quickly wrote the philosophical lyrics, which reflect on the fleeting and ephemeral natu
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"Dust in the Wind" is a defining acoustic ballad by the American progressive rock band Kansas, released on their 1977 album Point of Know Return. The song originated from a simple finger-picking exercise composed by guitarist Kerry Livgren, which his wife encouraged him to turn into a full song. Inspired by a line he encountered in a book of Native American poetry—"For all we are is dust in the wind"—Livgren quickly wrote the philosophical lyrics, which reflect on the fleeting and ephemeral natu
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