I hate to sound vain...but I don't think anyone can argue with my point. To Stilly River Stage, I must point out that the pictures you're seeing on the cover of "Entertainment weekly" are not an honest representation of how the Dixie Chicks look. They are obviously airbrushed and stretched. Most magazine covers are. I don't even really have a problem with the fact that the picture is airbrushed. It's the IDEA that bugs me. These women don't have a love for music, and for making music. They have a love for being loved. They would do anything to make sure that no one dislikes them. THAT makes them people that I can't respect.

I'll tell you something honest. I would love to get famous for playing music. Not famous in a Madonna way, but just enough to call it my job. My ideal of famous is to be like Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Martin Sexton, etc. The point of spending your life making music and getting people to listen to your art is NOT getting famous. It's making music because you love to make it. Money and fame are a by-product. If you can achieve enough fame to have a public voice, I can only hope that anyone who does will have the strength and intelligence to promote the veiws they stand behind without being a victim to big company politics. Make your art because you believe in your art. I know a lot of working musicians who have a vision for making a particular kind of music, and who won't change for anyone. I also know people who would jump on any bandwagon that came by if it would make them money. You decide which person you want to be. Every time I play a show, I vocally support the people who keep trying to make the music they want to make for the right reasons....
Ok...that's probably enough... sorry to go on so long.
I just feel very strongly about these kind of things....

-Spartacus