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
kids people parent
I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
song play people
There's always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn't play.
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.
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.
almost amongst encounter people sort
You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.
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?
best everyday listens loud music next
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.
looked looking stand
And we stand for the living, and we stand for the dead,And we looked out to see your enemies,And we see that you're looking all at us instead.
enemies looked looking
And we looked out to see your enemies and we see that you're looking at us instead.
fools silence surprised
Are we the fools for being surprised that a silence could end with no sound?
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.
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.