What was nice about the nineties is that it was an example of music that responded to a desire of the times. It spoke to the social conditions of the times.
DAR WILLIAMSWe 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.
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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If you’re looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you’ve got to go to Wisconsin.
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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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And I’ll act like I have faith, and like that faith never ends, but I really just have friends.
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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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Every time you opt in to kindness Make one connection, used to divide us It echoes all over the world
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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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I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.
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I am happy to do political fundraisers. I always hope that my friends will be, too. It’s part of who you are and you shouldn’t feel ashamed of what you believe in.
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Things are important to you and then they recede within a day. That’s the only thing that keeps me from believing that there’s going to be any one organic big wave; although the Americana (music) thing has been happening for a while.
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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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I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
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Choices you made about how you recorded and what instruments you used and how much real versus how much synthetic. Those were choices that were seen as very political at the time.
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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 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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