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.
DAR WILLIAMSIf you’re lucky you find something that reflects you, Helps you feel your life, protects you, Cradles you and connects you to everything.
More Dar Williams Quotes
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I went from having three little jobs that I strung together to being on the road full-time; having some savings that my managers told me to spend.
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Now that I believe in God, I have an extra layer of saying I’ll write about what I write about and assume that I’m being offered the opportunity to illuminate something important. But when you think you are too important, you become some sort of fascist.
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A song versus an album is not like a scene versus a play.
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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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Guiding the ship takes more the your skill. It is the compass inside as the strength of your will.
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They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won’t do a better job of it.
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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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Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
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And you bring your words, But you’re just like them, You’re unprepared ‘Cause you don’t know the terrain
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And where does magic come from? I think that magic’s in the learning.
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I am one of those sort of “lesser” types, those sensitive types, those people who wouldn’t have made it on their own if other people hadn’t helped them.
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I would encourage people to bridge broadly and creatively in their communities, not just because that creates the most fun and resiliency, but also because it creates the most points of access for people to be part of the community, which is what democracy is at its best.
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I remember doing “As Cool As I Am” and Steve Miller, the producer, saying “I really hear a drum loop here. I want to play it for you.”
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There’s always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn’t play.
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The light that stopped the night felt like forgiveness.
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