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
happens love word
And the only word for love is everybody's nameAnd that will always stayIt happens every day.
fools silence surprised
Are we the fools for being surprised that a silence could end with no sound?
burn
But I live and I know that I burn as I grow.
enemies looked looking
And we looked out to see your enemies and we see that you're looking at us instead.
habit love step tired
Am I the habit you're too tired to break? I want you to love me with every step you take.
aspire songs unite writes
That's what I aspire to, ... Pete Seeger is the one who writes the songs that unite people.
forget glad peter took
I won't forget when Peter Pancame to my house, took my handI said I was a boy, I'm glad he didn't check.
blessed laughing lucky
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.
thinking magic doe
And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.
laughter children pregnancy
There's a marketing scheme that tells you that pregnancy and child rearing will make you into a moron, that your kids are only happy when you're buying them stuff. It's hard being a parent, but I laugh a lot and smile a lot and really enjoy it. The ratio of laughter to sadness is higher. There's part of me that wants to broadcast that. Parenting only affirmed what I already cared about, and that's good
song writing way
Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.
attitude wisconsin crunchy
If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.
forgiveness night needs
Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.
song play people
There's always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn't play.