Dar Williams Quotes About Writing
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Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.
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I started going out with one of my managers and he really grew me up in a lot of ways. He introduced me not just to being a full-time traveler, which I was, but he was also really very interested in history and art and continued to open my eyes up to regional history; less splashy histories. He was interested in historical societies and stuff like that. He introduced me to a way of looking at the way communities form that is the foundation for the book that I've just finished writing that has to do with what I see as effective community-building wherever I've been traveling.
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The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.
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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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Youll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.
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