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
awaken crossroads good love meet song sort travel
Even a good love song can sort of awaken people. The way we travel and meet one another at the crossroads is important.
realized songs
I realized I was writing a lot of songs about interconnectedness,
keeps truth
But truth is just like time, it catches up, and it just keeps going.
dreams hey people
Hey I know where I come fromBut I have a questionShall We the People never come homeFor after all that we've beenAre the dreams to come after?
argue backseat born call cause crazy drive dying ourselves stay steal talk time wondering
I'll keep you wondering what time I'm arriving. You'll drive me crazy with your backseat driving. And I'll talk in my sleep, and you'll steal all the covers. We'll argue it out, and we'll call ourselves lovers. And I'll stay in my body, and you'll stay in your own. Cause we know that we're born and we're dying alone.
fallen
But for every price, and every penence that I could think ofIt's better too have fallen in love, then never to have fallen at all
culture happens hype
There's a lot of hype in our culture about what happens when you become a parent,
green learned literally
The green world was . . . unpredictable and chaotic. It was an unmediated place literally represented by the forest, the wilderness, where you learned things you don't necessarily want to know about yourself.
laughing quiet
In the laughing times we know we are luckyIn the quiet times we know that we are blessedAnd 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.