The first concert I saw was Cheryl Wheeler.
— Dar Williams
A song versus an album is not like a scene versus a play.
I have a sordid past.
If a war has to happen, a war has to happen.
I think music is another language.
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.
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.
Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.
And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.
Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.
The very best thing for music would be to live next door to a person who listens to loud music so you could mishear music everyday and mutate it to your own means.
But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.
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.
If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.
You always have to wrestle with chaos.
I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.
How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light.
Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.
You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.
Being told that you are good at banter is like being told that you are a good person.
I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.
Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long.
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 social justice and the environment are very tied together in my head.
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.
Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.
