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When we learn about ourselves, we can evolve.

Dar Williams

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Dar Williams
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 19
Composer
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Mount Kisco
New York
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And if I had a camera Showing all the light we give And showing where the light extends I'd give it to my friends
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But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.
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I think we're coming to a place where we're saying all war is wrong. We might even learn something about the sensationalism we get caught up in with people like Donald Trump.
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It's a collective truth that slavery is wrong, that child labor is wrong, that gross inequality is wrong. God didn't send it.
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Guiding the ship takes more the your skill. It is the compass inside as the strength of your will.
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The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.
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At this point, I feel like I have roots in a lot of places. I have friends who have put down roots, in Seattle and San Francisco and Portland, and I feel very close to them.
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I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
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I've watched towns and cities evolve and become very resilient, and fun, and unique, and prosperous on their own terms. And the secret is bridging. It's when the local church has a fun clothing swap fundraiser with a temple, and then the next year they bring in the mosque.
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The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.
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I'm amazed at the adolescent nature of some of the religious fanatics in our government. And they're full of double standards.
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If you're lucky you find something that reflects you, Helps you feel your life, protects you, Cradles you and connects you to everything.
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...we're all in a soup of trying to live by words, and trying to live by poetry. It's both humbling, and really flattering to know that my words are part of all that.
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There was this moment in 2003 when I was asked to do a fundraiser for someone who was speaking out against the Iraq war when nobody was. I said, I will do a fundraiser for that guy. And then my friend John Hall, from the band Orleans...He ran for Congress in my district and won. I did a bunch of fundraisers for him.
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For my 50th birthday I just want to make it all make sense [being exactly half introvert], and then a couple of weeks later do the blow-out with all my friends.
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We have evolved to understand that language of power that's taken too much.
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I would push for more production and Steve Miller would say, Why do you want to have more production when you have real songs? You don't want to cover up the song.
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The best, most solid place to stand as you look at our present situation is on a foundation of history. The Roman Empire, the British Empire, and the Nazi empire all have things in common.
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There's always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn't play.
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