Dar Williams

You always have to wrestle with chaos.

But social justice and the environment are very tied together in my head.

I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.

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

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

If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.

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.

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.

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

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

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.

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

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

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

How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light.

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

Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.

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

I think music is another language.

I'm becoming a professional nomad and enjoying that whole part of my life.

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

I have a sordid past.

Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.

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

Everyone has to decide how they're going to appear in their lives, how they're going to put themselves out there to the world.

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

Its a collective truth that slavery is wrong that child labor is wrong that gross inequality is wrong. God didnt send it.