Dixie Chicks Quotes

• I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.

  Taylor Swift

  Country, Song, Artist

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• Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.

  Natalie Maines

  War, Texas, President

  "10 years later, Dixie Chicks right all along" by LZ Granderson, www.cnn.com. March 5, 2013.

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• I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, War, Hate

  Speech in Ottawa on January 10, 1946. "Eisenhower Speaks: Dwight D. Eisenhower in His Messages and Speeches". Book edited by Rudolph L. Treuenfels, 1948.

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• Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

  John Mellencamp

  Dixie, Said, Chicks

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• Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

  Michael Moore

  Dixie, Pope, Chicks

  Michael Moore (2004). “Will They Ever Trust Us Again?: Letters from the War Zone”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• I'd rather have a smaller following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith. We don't want those kinds of fans. They limit what you can do.

  Martie Maguire

  People, Limits, Fans

  "Notes from the Academy of Country Music Awards" by Chris Willman, ew.com. May 24, 2006.

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• I feel the president is ignoring the opinion of many in the U.S. and alienating the rest of the world. My comments were made in frustration, and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view.

  Natalie Maines

  Frustration, Views, Voice

  "Dixie Chicks Slammed For Bush Gibe". www.cbsnews.com. March 15, 2003.

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• I love seeing strong-willed women inspire little girls. I hope someday some new artist will say 'I was inspired by the Dixie Chicks.

  Emily Robison

  Girl, Strong, Artist

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• I'm still in the Dixie Chicks; we haven't broken up... I love the Dixie Chicks; it's the most fun I've ever had in my life. It was like winning the lottery.

  Natalie Maines

  Fun, Winning, Broken

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• You know what is good about these Dixie Chicks burnings or bashings? It's a wonderful, wonderful way for really stupid people to hook up. They meet, they throw some things on the fire, they talk about Vin Diesel, they tell stories about who their favorite Fox anchor is, they exchange phone numbers and in some cases has led to marriages.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Stupid, Fire, Phones

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• I only do private room karaoke where its just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom always said I could really belt songs out, and the Dixie Chicks feed that encouragement.

  Chelsea Peretti

  Mom, Song, Encouragement

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. January 14, 2014.

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• We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you. Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

  Michael Moore

  War, Men, Orange

  Speech at the 75th Annual Academy Awards as the Winner in the Best Documentary Feature category, www.imdb.com. March 23, 2003.

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• I got into rock-and-roll because I wanted the chicks. The Dixie Chicks.

  Slash

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Dixie

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