[Northern Yankee]

"I'd rather have a small 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," Maguire said.

Where do you begin with that kind of thinking?

So are we to infer that "the fans" that listen to other music, rather than the music of just the Dixie Chicks aren't worthy of attention?

Does that mean the Dixie Chicks won't do anyone else's music, except their own?

Musicians usually don't diss other fellow musicians, but this seems to me to be a real slap in the face to other musicians, and those who like music by other artists.

How childish are these people?

They have some growing up to do.

[pnz1]

I guess they hope that more will buy their CD thinking it will make them the "really cool people".

If they don't want to be country and don't want "those" type people as fans then Country radio, awards shows, and fans should honor their wishes and completely ignore them. Then the DC's will complain because they are being censored I guess.