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I think music is another language.

Dar Williams

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Dar Williams
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 19
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Mount Kisco
New York
Dorothy Snowden Williams
Dorothy Snowden Dar Williams
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