Dar Williams

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

“If a war has to happen, a war has to happen.”

“Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.”

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

“Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.”

“You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.”

“I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.”

“I have a sordid past.”

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

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

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

“But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.”

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

“Well, my friends give me purple flowers and orange teaand goosedown spinning quilts and torquoise chairswe greet one another in a wild profusion of wordsand wave farewell amidst the wonderment of airIn the laughing times we know we are luckyIn the quiet times we know that we are blessedAnd we will not be alone”

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

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

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

“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.”

“The first concert I saw was Cheryl Wheeler.”

“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.”