Dar Williams
Dar Williams
Dar Williams is an American singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk. Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker has described Williams as "one of America’s very best singer-songwriters."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth19 April 1967
CityMount Kisco, NY
CountryUnited States of America
song play people
There's always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn't play.
song play albums
A song versus an album is not like a scene versus a play.
good-person banter persons
Being told that you are good at banter is like being told that you are a good person.
tree washington-state states
But if you're looking to be spooked by really tall trees then you've got to go to Washington State.
trying soup humbling
...we're all in a soup of trying to live by words, and trying to live by poetry. It's both humbling, and really flattering to know that my words are part of all that.
song writing impact
The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.
song writing people
Youll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.
rocks careers people
Sixties folk rock was my original muse and the folk audience-people who listen to music off the beaten track-fostered my career. I definitely don't want to abandon the genre but I also need to make sure I'm Dar Williams first.
life lucky helping
If you're lucky you find something that reflects you, Helps you feel your life, protects you, Cradles you and connects you to everything.
love-is names
The only word for love is everybody's name.
time kindness echoes
Every time you opt in to kindness Make one connection, used to divide us It echoes all over the world
falling-in-love love-you height
I fear that to fall in love with you is to fall from a great and gruesome height.
religious leader parent
I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.
jobs world praying
They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won't do a better job of it.