Quotes by Dar Williams

About Dar Williams:

Dar Williams is an American singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk. Hendrik Hertzberg of the The New Yorker has described Williams as "one of America’s very best singer-songwriters."
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If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.

Dar Williams

In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone.

Dar Williams

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.

Dar Williams

The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.

Dar Williams

The very best thing for music would be to live next door to a person who listens to loud music so you could mishear music everyday and mutate it to your own means.

Dar Williams

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.

Dar Williams

Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long.

Dar Williams

I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.

Dar Williams

Being told that you are good at banter is like being told that you are a good person.

Dar Williams

Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.

Dar Williams

Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.

Dar Williams

I'm becoming a professional nomad and enjoying that whole part of my life.

Dar Williams

And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.

Dar Williams

How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light.

Dar Williams

But social justice and the environment are very tied together in my head.

Dar Williams

I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.

Dar Williams

I watch people throw aluminum cans in the trash, and I think of all the stories I've heard about the over-mining of aluminum, the erosion that happens, and the trees that fall down.

Dar Williams

Everyone has to decide how they're going to appear in their lives, how they're going to put themselves out there to the world.

Dar Williams

But if you're looking to be spooked by really tall trees then you've got to go to Washington State.

Dar Williams

Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.

Dar Williams

Author Bio

  • NameDar Williams
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • AliasesDorothy Snowden Williams
  • BornApril 19, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Musician; Writer; Singer; Composer; Songwriter; Guitarist