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
jobs world praying
They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won't do a better job of it.
art funny-things musician
The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.
thinking citing my-favorite
Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
war ifs happens
If a war has to happen, a war has to happen.
home trying concerts
I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.
kids people parent
I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
ground love plant seeds
Well I love the way the world is your gardenAnd you plant your seeds and you let them growAnd you take things out of the ground just likeYou take what comes, but you never know.
desire love question
What do you love more than loveWhen you question what your desire is forWhen you don't just figureThat you just want more.
according artist audience build company demo letting opposed record says someplace tape
What you do is you build yourself as an artist according to what an audience says about you, as opposed to just submitting a demo tape to someplace and letting a record company take it from there.
cans erosion heard people stories throw watch
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.