Constant contact is what people require these days. It's tough on artists.

Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom of speech.

It is amazing what people feel they have the right to tell you to your face when you're famous.

People put stock in someone being in a 'girl group,' but we don't say that a band is a 'man group.'

Especially in the Dixie Chicks, everyone wants you to play a role. Natalie was the feisty one. Martie was the nice one 'cause she smiles all the time onstage, and I was the quiet one.

The stakes were definitely higher on that song. We knew it was special because it was so autobiographical, and we had to get it right. And once we had that song done, it freed us up to do the rest of the album without that burden.