A song versus an album is not like a scene versus a play.
DAR WILLIAMSAnd where does magic come from? I think that magic’s in the learning.
More Dar Williams Quotes
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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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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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The summer ends and we wonder who we are And there you go, my friends, with your boxes in your car And today I passed the high school, the river, the maple tree I passed the farms that made it
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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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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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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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I have odometer readings, kids; all sorts of measurements of what I’ve been doing for the last 20 years. I get it. I get that it was a while ago.
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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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And where does magic come from? I think that magic’s in the learning.
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I fear that to fall in love with you is to fall from a great and gruesome height.
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I’m just trying to be part of the movement that decentralizes and hopefully creates peace. By supporting smaller, democratic structures, you can effect change.
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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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They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won’t do a better job of it.
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Through the last days of the century And I knew that I was going to learn again Again, in this less hazy light I saw the fields beyond the fields The fields beyond the field
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There’s always people who came 600 miles to hear the song you didn’t play.
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