All the things you treasure most will be the hardest won I will watch you struggle long before the answers come But I won’t make it harder, I’ll be there to cheer you on I’ll shine the light that guides you down the road you’re walking on
DAR WILLIAMSThere’s always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn’t play.
More Dar Williams Quotes
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Women were making more money. Women were saying, “My voice counts. If we’re going out on a Friday night, I don’t want to see a Rambo movie. I want to go see a singer/songwriter who sings about my life”.
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What happened on “As Cool As I Am” was, you know how in the ’90s, “the personal is political, the political is personal”? That was a really big thing.
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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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God looks like a guidance counselor, God’s got that smile. God says, ‘How could this be? That’s really odd I guess I’ll have to check my records, silly me, you know, I’m only God.’
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There was a lot of distance between the Dar of The Honesty Room and the Dar of Mortal City, so there was no attempt.
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Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
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We all do the wrong thing. And then we have to wake up the next morning and live with the fact that we have done things that are wrong.
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If you’re looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you’ve got to go to Wisconsin.
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There’s always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn’t play.
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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.
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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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There was one tour where I thought, “If I can’t get this feeling back of being excited to be on the stage, then I will quit.” Because I have friends who have dialed it in and I watch their concerts and shake my head. I’m sure the audience can tell, too.
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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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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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I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
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