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[light guitar music]

You can't go lower?

[hums guitar melody]

Easy!

Come play Mommy's guitar.

You wanna play guitar?

- Yeah.
- You wanna play?

[child coos]

"It's too bad, really.

I loved listening
to the Dixie Chicks.

I love their music.

[woman laughs]

Even this new angry
song is good."

[all laughing]

- Who is this?
- Rightwingsparkle blog.

Sparkle!

"Country music is a 90%
Bush-supporting bunch.

These lamebrains
are talented, sure,

but they're sticking a finger

in the eye of their
own customer."

"Dixie Chicks?

Are they still around?

I thought their 15 minutes
were up a long time ago."

Oh!

[laughing]

I'm not gonna read
the next line.

- Come on!
- No no no no.

We don't get our feelings hurt.

No no no no.

"Who are the Dixie
Chicks, anyway?

I mean, they're not
like an important band

where you know all their
names, like the Beatles.

The Dixie Chicks suck.

They don't know what
they're talking about

and should shut the fuck up."

[country music]

♪ Tell me now

♪ If you came
sneaking up behind ♪

It's easy for people to
feel a sense of anonymity

behind their computer

and write ugly things
and hateful things.

And, you know, a lot of that
stuff you don't take seriously,

but when somebody hates you
so much for what you say

that they want to kill you

♪ Standing out

♪ So you won't forget my name

I think if you walked out
on the street right now

and asked, "What
did Natalie Maines

of the Dixie Chicks say?"

I don't believe that they
would know what I said.

But it is a part of

who we are as a band now,

whether we asked for it
or wanted it or like it.

♪ Everybody knows
everybody knows ♪

I feel like

people relate to us
because we're real.

And when you're real,
you stick your foot

in your mouth sometimes.

People don't understand
how tight we are.

We're a sisterhood.

We go through the good,
the bad and the ugly

all together.

♪ Everybody knows

♪ Everybody knows,
everybody knows ♪

[Super Bowl Announcer]
Ladies and gentlemen,

Grammy Award winners,
the Dixie Chicks.

[crowd cheering]

♪ Oh say, can you see

♪ By the dawn's early light

[Male Lipton Representative]
The Dixie Chicks are

returning to the road on their
"Top of the World" tour

which kicks off in
London on March 10.

And after only three
albums, the Dixie Chicks

are now the best-selling
female group in history.

♪ Bright stars

[Female Lipton Representative]
The Dixie Chicks' music

is rooted in tradition but,
just like the Dixie Chicks

are redefining the traditional
conventions of country music,

we're going to redefine
tea and serve it up

in a way that's new,

full of energy and, frankly,
is really refreshing.

So, Lipton is proud to be
the official beverage sponsor

of the Dixie Chicks' 2003
"Top of the World" tour.

♪ Of the brave

[crowd cheering]

USA, USA, USA!

[phone ringing]

Go for it.

Hi, I'm Simon Renshaw.

I'm the Dixie Chicks' manager.

And I just thought I'd
take this opportunity

to say hello to all of you

and welcome you to the tour.

And we're looking
forward to a good one.

[all chattering]

Who's online?

I am.

[phone ringing]

What's the war update?

Richard?

They're moving troops but
they haven't crossed yet.

[London Reporter #1]
Army units are now moving

into positions at the border,
battle-ready.

The feeling here-war
may be only hours away.

[Female Reporter #1] Calling
them facts and not assertions,

US Secretary of State
Colin Powell today

presented what he
says is evidence

that Iraq is hiding weapons
of mass destruction.

[Dick Cheney TV] Simply stated,
there is no doubt

that Saddam Hussein now has
weapons of mass destruction.

We know they have weapons
of mass destruction.

[Donald Rumsfield TV] We know
they have active programs.

There isn't any
debate about it.

The danger is clear.

[George Bush TV]
Using chemical, biological

or, one day, nuclear weapons

obtained with the
help of Iraq,

the terrorists could fulfill
their stated ambitions.

Saddam Hussein and his sons

must leave Iraq within 48 hour.

How's it looking?

Are you sure it's not too much?

Hmm.

Okay, let's walk.

We've gotta go.

Can I have someone
take her baby?

Martie, we've gotta
hit the stage.

- Martie, we've gotta go.
- Grab Martie, let's go.

[Male Reporter #1] Behind the
growing buildup to war

there's also a growing
antiwar movement.

[Male Reporter #2] This may
have been the biggest political

rally in UK history.

[Male Reporter #1] Perhaps
as many as a million people

converged on the
center of London

to march and denounce
American plans for war.

♪ I cry

♪ Never gonna hold the
hand of another guy ♪

♪ Too young for
him they told her ♪

♪ Waitin' for the love of
the travelin' soldier ♪

♪ Our love will never end

♪ Waitin' for the soldier
to come back again ♪

♪ Nevermore to be alone

♪ When the letter said

♪ A soldier's comin' home

[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering]

You know what?

For a first show,
it was awesome.

It was definitely
mission accomplished.

[all chattering]

Audience loved it,

it looked great.

You know, one down, 99 to go.

[light orchestral music]

[News Reporter]
If you want to feel

some good old-fashioned
American pride,

look no further than the
uproar over the Dixie Chicks.

[Man]
And how they can say,

"I'm ashamed that the
president's from Texas?"

Come on, man.

That's crazy.

[Female CMT Reporter]
The comment was quoted

by London newspaper
"The Guardian."

In a matter of days,

the London story was picked
up by the Associated Press

and printed in newspapers
all over the United States.

[Female KNFM Fan]
Personally, I hope you don't

play their music again

for quite a while.

I think that was
very disrespectful.

[Male ABC News]
Natalie's comment, especially

on foreign soil, just
was a slap in the face.

The American media is
picking up from the,

from the UK media,

you know, "Dixie Chicks diss
the President" kind of thing.

Everyone's calling.

Everyone's looking
for the statement.

And the area of
concern is actually

what's coming out
of country radio,

which is a far more
right-wing Conservative-

Really?

[laughs]

- Uh, yeah, that's right.
- Yeah.

So what I just did
was, I just closed down

both the websites, all right?

- Oh my God!
- Hold on, hold on.

Just let me--

Was the chat room
a part of it?

Closed.

Both of the chat rooms?

Yeah, so the idea is

we need to put a statement
up on the website.

And in terms of
the American media,

we need to have a
statement to release

to the American media.

What if you just go
something like, you know,

"I apologize.

We were at a smokey bar gig and
I got a little carried away."

You know, play it
down instead of--

It is more serious than that.

But it was meant, it was
amidst kind of a joking thing.

But it was true.

Here's the things I
think you should say:

We have never been, or
I, if y'all don't want

to keep saying we.

It should be we.

Sorry.

Sorry, girls, but
it should be "we."

Well, if anybody
asks me personally,

I'm gonna go, "Hey,
I didn't say it.

Go talk to her."

[laughing]

Thanks for the support.

No, but I'm not gonna
try to dig you out.

I mean, I would end up saying
something totally wrong.

Like, I would like to say
that my comment was made

in reference to the
disappointment I feel,

or the something I feel-
Frustration.

The frustration I feel
as an American citizen

for being ignored.

All right, so,

I mean, I don't think
that we should shy away

from controversy.

I mean, so, I mean,
wouldn't it be great

if we could get them,
like, burning CDs

and banning you from the radio.

[groaning]

[Female KSCS Fan] We're gonna
boycott them for their music

and we're gonna boycott
you for playing it

if you don't stop playing it.

[Male DJ] Well, ma'am, that was
the last one you're gonna hear.

[Female ABC Reporter]
The Chicks' number-one hit

"Travelin' Soldier"
quickly fell from

the top of the charts.

[Pam Tyler] They had
the hottest song in the country.

All this stuff
started, and it died.

[upbeat country music]

♪ Daddy sits on front
porch swinging ♪

♪ Looking out on
a vacant field ♪

We've never been
a political band

and now we're thrown
into the middle of this

political whirlwind.

[Female Reporter #2] The radio
station set up these garbage

cans for people to come by
and throw out their CDs.

[Female Fan]
I liked them, you know,

but for what they
said, it's trash.

♪ I've been a long time gone

♪ Been a long time gone

They didn't only whack
"Traveling Soldier,"

they whacked all the play.

You've been really targeted by
a couple of groups out there.

I mean, you've been
really targeted.

[Female CNN Reporter]
A taste of things to come:

American bombers
dropped a series

of 1000-pound bombs
on the compound.

[Male Sydney DJ] Now who was the
one who talked about the war?

Do you regret it?

The thing is,

it wasn't even a
political statement.

It was a joke made to
get cheers and applause

and to entertain.

And it did.

But it didn't entertain America.

[Female Reporter] Some
protestors used a tractor and

their feet to smash
the group's CDs.

[crowd cheering]

Martie, have you talked to Mom?

No.

I left a message

and then I was sick all day
so I didn't call her again.

And I think that's all
she wants to hear from us,

is how much we know
it's affecting her.

The people who
got it all started

was a right-wing group
called the Free Republic.

An extreme right-wing group

for their own political reasons

are attempting to manipulate
the American media,

and the American media
is falling for it.

The Free Republic is
very well organized.

There's definitely a
Free Republic hit list

with all of the radio stations
they're trying to affect.

And they are totally focused.

And the girls are
gonna get whacked.

[61 Country DJ]
Good morning.

61 Country.

[Female caller] They should send
Natalie over to Iraq,

strap her to a bomb and
just drop her over Baghdad.

A million things

have really pissed
me off about it.

And I'm ready to go home
and set the record straight.

[crowd cheering]

It's not about, necessarily,
our point of view.

The story's how out of
hand it's gotten, isn't it?

The issue's not that,

what has happened
is that the issue

is not what was said.

It's how it's being reported

and how it's been turned
into something that it's not.

It's snowballed.

It's all about

you were not patriotic.

It's got nothing to
do with what was said.

We're not making
excuses for beliefs.

Because she didn't show
support for the president.

It doesn't matter--
Support for the troops.

It doesn't matter what was said.

- No, that's--
- But that's bullshit!

That's bullshit!

Who has my statement?

They take what they want.

Exactly!

Correct, that's the point.

I already said I'm patriotic.

In my statement, I
said I'm patriotic.

In my statement,

I said I support the troops.

Exactly.

But I don't support the
troops and I'm not patriotic?

- Exactly, so--
- There you go.

- That's exactly it.
- That's it!

Look, hang on, let's start
by looking at some research,

because one of the things
that was very interesting

when Lipton brought
Michael's company in was--

Was Lipton about to pull out?

Uh, I think Lipton is concerned.

They are looking for
a reason to do it.

Everybody on the Lipton team

is saying, "Give us a
reason to go forward."

I think part of the reason that
they brought me to you guys

is to help you
manage through this,

because at the end of the day,

while you're great
musicians, you are a brand.

And if somehow your brand

now has issues
circulating around it,

you know, do they want do
take that sort of risk?

I personally, [laughs]

think we should let
Lipton off the hook,

saying, "We're backing
out because, you know,

we don't want to
hurt their product"

and that's it.

[all chattering]

But that's a whole other story.

To me, that's, that's
what snowballs.

We've been away.

People have not been
able to see our faces,

hear our words.

To me, that is the
greatest advantage

of doing an
interview, is that we,

I feel like we are
endearing people.

Absolutely.
I feel like

we will win people over

just by sitting there and
looking, saying honest things.

It's fine.

I think this is
better for our career.

I think we've gotten
more attention

than we ever were going to get.

Absolutely.

We were never gonna
be on the cover

of "Entertainment Weekly."

We were never gonna be
interviewed by Barbara Walters.

- 75% awareness?
- We were never

gonna have these people-

- It's insane.
- Who never even knew

who we were, care to listen
to our music, listen to it.

And that's fine.

I think when we
apologize and we tell,

blah blah blah, then
our fans, and that

will all be smoothed
out and worked out.

Do I believe,

but I do think this
could affect tea-

Do it on your terms.

Don't, you're reacting
to the reaction.

And all I'm saying is,
carry on as you want,

but do it on your terms.

[thunder rumbling]

I think people are
gonna say, "Oh my God!

What happened to them?"

But they say "traitor-"

It's not we say about ourselves.

It's what people
have imposed on us.

It's what you've been branded.

I'm sorry.

I just, I don't like,

that is going to be so
prominent on the cover

that my concern is the average
person isn't gonna get it.

They're gonna be horrified
when they see that.

It's not ridiculous to
call you opinionated.

It's not ridiculous
to call you brave.

Like, we've got
to show how cruel,

It's not ridiculous to
call you a big mouth.

No, that's true.

[man laughing]

Truth hurts.

This is a brilliant
artistic shot,

but just to see "Dixie Sluts",

Jesus Christ!

What?

You need something
to counterbalance it,

"Proud American."

Yes, they've been branded,

but I don't think,

I think you're giving
too much credit

to the American public.

They're not that smart.

I don't think the
average person's

gonna get any of it.

Then we're fucked,
if that's the case.

Don't, I'm not, I'm
not gonna go there.

This is about fixing it.

[Diane Sawyer] Well, that racy
magazine cover

on the stands today
pretty much sums up

some of the names
the Dixie Chicks

are being called in
America these days,

"Traitors," "The Dixie
Sluts," "Anti-American",

all because of one
split-second comment

aimed at President Bush right
before the war with Iraq.

Maines says she was
just trying to fire back

when she shot
herself in the foot.

She apologized to the presiden,

but it only added
fuel to the fire.

We've analyzed the
way that Diane Sawyer

and Chris Willman, what they've
done in previous interviews,

and we'll give
you some examples.

Uh, it's likely to start

with a real hard punch.

Absolutely.

It will.

You know, what you said
and why you said it,

you know, you don't rehearse
what you say in between songs,

and sometimes it
doesn't come out

the way that you intend it.

I'm not saying I support
their commander-in-chief,

but I'll say I
support the troops.

That's fine.

But try not to be
judgmental of the president.

I'll tell you why.

He's got sky-high approval.

The war couldn't
be going better.

By the time this interview airs,

he's likely to be at
the highest point.

Remember, this is two weeks out.

The looting will be done.

The rebuilding of
Iraq will be started.

Saddam Hussein will most
likely be dead or found out.

I'm just telling you,
two weeks from now

it's gonna be even a
more positive situation.

Are you ashamed that the
President of the United States

is from your state?

No, I'm not truly embarrassed

that, you know, President
Bush is from my state.

That's not really
what I care about.

It was the wrong wording.

Am I sorry I said that?

Yes.

Am I sorry I spoke out?

No.

But you can't tell
me that at no point

the two of you,

however much you love her,

however much you
understand her,

that you didn't say,

"Why did she do that?

Why did she do that?"

Why can't you say that?

Partially why our audience

has allowed us to get
to where we are today

is because they like
her the way she is.

[all chattering]

Hi.

Rudy Blair, 680-News.

I guess I'm gonna have to
be the evil one on this one.

I gotta ask, how have
things been going

since this whole
Bush controversy?

How are things going
for you guys now?

Our album sales
are definitely down

and we don't get
played on the radio.

We heard they've turned what
happened to us into a verb.

You can get "Dixie-Chicked."

[audience laughing]

And if we had to be the
example, that's fine.

We don't want this
to be our legacy.

We want our music
to be our legacy.

And one positive with that

is it's sort of
opened the door for us

to do anything musically
that we wanna do now

without feeling any pressures
that we have to please,

because we don't really
have anyone to answer to,

as far as radio is concerned.

[light country music]

[man laughs]

Oh yeah, baby.

That's a nice touch.

[all laughing]

♪ It's been two long years now

♪ Since the top of the world

♪ Came crashing
down and da da da ♪

Doing good.

We moved out to LA just
for a little while,

just for Emily to
have the babies

and us to write some
music and stuff.

♪ Oh, I

♪ I can

Well, first of all,

I think there should
be some we's like,

♪ But we're taking
the long way ♪

♪ I hit the highway

♪ With two sisters
in a pink RV ♪

[Martie laughing]

That's hilarious.

Wouldn't kiss all the asses

[laughing]

that they told me to.

Is that good?

Gave a lot of blowjobs, but
wouldn't kiss all the asses?

[all laughing]

'Cause you did kiss some ass.

That's good.

I don't know if I
could sing that,

but if you could,
more power to ya.

What, what about, "I
fought with a stranger"?

Fought with a stranger, yeah.

Kinda like the stranger is Bush.

It's not-
Good, Emmie, good!

Big money, big money!

[all laughing]

♪ Well, I fought
with a stranger ♪

♪ And I met him myself

♪ I opened my mouth
and I heard myself ♪

I mean, we've never been able

to write a whole album of songs.

And when you're writing so much,

you start noticing just
things in your everyday life

that are worthy of a song.

And almost anything that
isn't written by us,

now, at least on this album,

seems a little bit false almost.

This record is, like you said,

our therapy, in a way.

This is what we wanna say.

♪ It's been two long years now

♪ Since the top of the world

♪ Came crashing down

♪ And I'm getting it
back on the road now ♪

♪ But I'm taking the long way

♪ Taking the long way around

♪ Taking the long way

♪ Taking the long way around

That sounded great.

Yeah, come in.

How do y'all, do y'all
all write your songs?

Yeah.

I mean, we'll just
get in the room

and we'll just
jam and improvise.

And something will start from
a drumbeat or a bass line

Does everyone write
equally on everything?

No.

But you split writing equally?

- Yep.
- Wow.

I wouldn't feel right if I was--

The guy doing all the--

You know, the bass
player or whatever,

I wouldn't feel right taking
writing credit or money.

But he's smart to keep
them happy, in a way,

because band members

tend to start resenting the
lead singer no matter what

because they get
more attention--

Oh, really?

No.

[all laughing]

In male bands.

Female players, I
mean, band members.

But you know, it can breed--

But that's why bands
break up, because--

I think so too,

The members of the band
start resenting that--

But I'm saying he--
this band could break up

because the lead singer resents.

That's what I'm saying.

It's a chemistry
thing, you know.

Well, he could go solo.

That's the thing
that the lead singer

could hang over the band's head.

Yeah.

[upbeat country music]

You know why she
picked up the banjo?

Because we all played violin,

and I started playing fiddle

and I was really jealous
of her playing the fiddle,

because whatever I would
do, she would do better,

like sports, whatever.

Yeah.

And so when she would
play the fiddle,

I'd go in and I'd,
like, beat her

over the head with my fiddle.

[laughing]

So you drove her to the banjo.

So mean.

So I was like, "You have to
pick another instrument."

Wow.

I don't know why she
picked the banjo.

It worked out good.

It's a good combo.

Yeah.

Oh, she was just, oh,
just that little sister

that just, anything you did,
she just had to one-up ya.

♪ Every day

Check check.

Did we do as long an
intro on the real version

as we did the demo?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

- Should we try one?
- Yeah.

All right, here we go.

[upbeat country music]

♪ International airport

♪ A quarter after nine

♪ Paris, Texas,
Athens, Georgia's ♪

♪ Not what I had in mind

♪ As I'm getting out
I laugh to myself ♪

♪ 'Cause this is
the only place ♪

♪ Where as you're
getting on the plane ♪

♪ You see Buddy Holly's face

♪ I hear they hate me now

♪ Just like they hated you

♪ Maybe when I'm dead and gone

♪ I'm gonna get a statue too

♪ Temptation's strong

[dog barking]

♪ I'm on my way

♪ To hell's half-acre

♪ How will I ever ♪

♪ How will I ever

♪ Get to heaven now

♪ Get to heaven now

That's incredible.

Thanks.

Now this, do you wanna
know what this is about?

Sure.

It's about Lubbock, Texas.

[laughs]

I remember there was the
line about the statue.

And Buddy Holly.

Yeah.

They hated him
when he was a star

and they thought he was
evil and rock 'n' roll and,

- you know--
- It's Natalie's hometown too.

And they basically turned,

the whole city
basically turned on her,

and all the radio stations
were horrible and--

It's like Buddy
Holly all over again.

♪ In a city full of strangers

♪ Livin' life so fast

Seems much more ordinary
right off the bat.

♪ Never sleepin'

Yep.

♪ Distractions everywhere

This line

♪ All I want

♪ All I need

Good change.

♪ Is somehow to believe

♪ In the choice

In this chorus,
the melody is good.

The chords and the
melody are strong.

Do you not like the words?

♪ I can hear the
voice inside my head ♪

It's worth pursuing

even though you don't like it.

[women laughing]

But I would rewrite
all the words.

I think-- I think the
pre-chorus and chorus,

musically and melodically,
are really strong.

I'm just missing a
connection to the lyrics.

Just rewrite,

rewrite 'em for yourself.

Yeah, easy for you to say.

[laughs]

You rewrite.

No I'm kidding.

[laughs]

Then you won't
feel a connection.

I'm still a little confused.

I'm still having a
hard time hearing,

like, our role in
some of the songs.

Because at the end of the day,

you know, what's
best for the song

has to be best for the song.

It can't be a forced,

"Let's slap some fiddle on there

just because I play
the fiddle," you know?

At this point, my interest

is just any way we
can get great songs,

from any direction.

And then we'll put it through

whatever the Dixie Chicks'
filter is gonna become,

which we'll see.

It's gonna reveal itself
as we work on the songs.

Mm-hmm.

See, I'm nothing but
a glorified lackey

waiting on her hand and foot.

"I can't believe she
made me carry this"

♪ We search for
someone else to blame ♪

Oh, sorry.

♪ Sometimes things

Uh, was that solo too country?

I like the note choices.

I don't know if
that would be one--

That one sort of
weird thing you did,

I wish it was more of that.

All right, got it.

But everything you're
doing is awesome.

Quit sucking up.

[giggling]

[upbeat country music]

We did a demo tape for Natalie

for her to get into Berklee
School of Music up in Boston.

And I was playing a
gig with the Chicks

in Dallas or somewhere,

and I just gave'em a cassette.

You know, it wasn't really
pitching her at all.

It was just like, "Hey,

check this out.

It's my daughter."

I think it was about a year
before they even heard it.

I mean, they kind of left
it in their motor home,

the pink motor home
that you hear about.

But, apparently,
Martie and Emily must

have kept it in the
back of their minds,

and when they decided
to change lead singers,

they called about Natalie.

That was an
incredible song, man.

Oh, good.

You just blew everybody
else off the record.

[all laughing]

I was barely trying.

[all laughing]

[Simon]
I met the Chicks in 1994.

[country music]

There they were, and they
had their hair really big,

and they had the hoop dresses n

and the spangles
and the cowboy hats.

And they went on stage and
they performed these songs

which were pretty bad,

basically, Western swing,

very old-fashioned,
very not contemporary.

But the one thing that
was very very clear

was that they were
three beautiful girls,

and incredibly talented,
and they could really play.

And if they had a
willingness to kind

of like change direction,

moving more into a contemporary
country music space,

there actually could be a really
interesting slot for them.

We had to go out, we had
to find the right material

and we had to develop
it into something new.

But anytime the girls say to me,

"You know what, Simon?

We can't believe

that you booked us here.

How could you have
let that happen?"

I go, "How could I
have let that happen?

Just remember who
booked this show",

oh, yes.

This is 1996.

This is the Pillsbury Bake-Off.

And that's in the-which
department is this in?

Oh, that's the produce
department they're playing in,

a fantastic booking, one that
I had nothing to do with.

The girls handled this
all by themselves.

[light acoustic guitar music]

Could it be something about

maybe the fear of
losing that one person

that you know you can go to,

and sort of your salvation,

or your sanity?

[door opens]

- Oh, hi!
- Hi!

I missed you!

I missed you.

He looks so big.

I haven't seen you in so long.

You look so different.

You look like more of a boy.

You look like you've been
eating nothing but ribs

and Cheetos with Dada.

Gussie, what's in Mommy's belly?

What's in Mom-What's
in Mommy's tummy?

Whales.

Whales.

- Two of 'em!
- Whales!

No, Mommy's as big as a whale.

Take it, yeah, he
calls me "Shamu."

Is there a baby in there?

Are there babies, are
there babies in there?

What about babies?

What about babies?

[laughing]

I love you.

- So how you feeling?
- Uh, just ready.

- Soon.
- Very ready.

All right, guys.

This is, whoo!

There.

Scariness.

Let's go peek.

I think, obviously,
before we got married,

we knew we wanted children.

[sonogram whooshing]

But then, you know, all of
a sudden, we start trying,

and nothing's happening.

You know, you start to
get a little nervous.

It was about two and a
half years of just nothing,

and going through
fertility treatments,

everything from
artificial insemination

all the way to what eventually
ended up being in vitro.

Tell me if something hurts.

♪ So hard when

♪ It doesn't come easy

♪ It's so hard when

♪ It doesn't come fast

- Does that work?
- Sorry,

I went to the wrong note.

♪ So hard when so hard
when it doesn't come fast ♪

My sister and I both
went through in vitro.

Emily started trying first and,

oh, I watched her do it all.

And it just went on and on.

It's an expensive process.

It's hard on your body

with all the hormones,
all the injections.

You have to take a lot of
drugs and alter your cycle,

alter your chemistry
in a lot of ways.

And it's a huge deal.

Yeah, but we just assumed

that we would get
pregnant straightaway.

-- We were like, "Okay".
Yeah,

but when Emily started having
problems, I started thinking

it could happen to us.

♪ I feel so guilty

♪ That was a gift
I couldn't give ♪

But we were very
lucky, very fortunate.

We just did in
vitro and it worked.

♪ If life wasn't
how we pictured it ♪

We knew there was a 30%
chance of having twins.

We went in and he
did the sonogram and,

just very nonchalant
and calm, just goes,

"Well, there's the heartbeat."

And we were all excited.

And then he moved
it over and said,

"And there's the other one."

And Gareth and I just, screamed.

He said, "Don't
scream, don't scream,"

like I was gonna hurt the baby.

♪ It's so hard when
it doesn't come ♪

♪ Easy

♪ It's so hard when
it doesn't come fast ♪

♪ It's so hard when
it doesn't come ♪

♪ Easy

♪ It's so hard

♪ Whoa

Okay, how's she feeling?

She's comfortable.

She's had her epidural.

And her contractions are
moving, you know, slowly along.

There's not much progression.

There's not much going on.

Does she want magazines?

Does she have the "US Weekly"
with Brad and Angelina?

They're on.

[heartbeats whooshing
on sonogram]

Oh, there's you.

I was like, "God, that
looks like Natalie."

Ew, I was hoping
that didn't wind up-

Why?

You look good.

And Emily looks
skinnier than me.

[laughing]

Emily could use a
little eye makeup.

I could use a lot of everything.

Oh, ew!

Ew!

Look how big my boobs look.

They've done something.

Bill Maher's tomorrow
night, right?

Yep.

But Bill Maher has
been pissing me off.

I know.

He is so--

Unfortunately, I agree with him.

- I'd rather--
- See, I don't.

I'd rather it go well in Iraq

and then they be right--

No, I know that,
but let's back up

to "We should not be there."

Of course, now that we're
there, yes, make the best of it.

But we should not be there.

It was still such
lies and bullshit.

She's having a baby, by the way.

The kids are, like, listening
to what we're talking about.

It's like, "I ain't
fucking going out there."

[both laughing]

[babies crying]

[all chattering]

[camera shutter clicking]

Oh, oh, two of 'em.

What am I gonna do with two?

[light acoustic guitar music]

Sore nipples are on the way.

[chuckles]

♪ They didn't have you
where I come from ♪

[giggling]

They are so beautiful.

♪ Never knew the best
was yet to come ♪

♪ Life began when
I saw your face ♪

Say, "We squeezed before,

we can squeeze again," right?

♪ And I hear your
laugh like a serenade ♪

♪ How long do you
want to be loved ♪

♪ Is forever enough

♪ 'Cause I'm never
never giving you up ♪

♪ Is forever enough

♪ 'Cause I'm never
never giving you up ♪

I think now that we're
making music again,

I'd really be sad

if this didn't have,

if it didn't get heard,

and we couldn't continue
our careers effortlessly

as we have in the past.

I mean, it's just been a way
of life, part of our life.

Emily and I started in a
band when we were very young.

I started when I was 12,

and then she joined the band
I was in when she was 10.

And the Dixie Chicks
started in 1989.

I mean, this is more
than just a job.

This is a lifestyle.

It's, it's part of our lives.

So I think just recently

I've thought,

"God, I just really
hope we can get

our career back on track.

'Cause I need it."

I thought it was
probably a good idea

for us to start talking about

what a schedule might look like

for the next couple of years.

What's your strategy on,

like, wooing MTV and VH1 and-

VH1 will gladly air your videos.

MTV's not your, you're outside,

you're too old for
where MTV is at.

[mock crying]

We're too old?

[all laughing]

You're just too old.

Even if we get cool,
we're too old already?

You're still too old already.

Can't I, can't I
sort of lead them?

I'm not old yet.

Hey, you're 30 now.

- You're in the same bracket.
- You're too old.

Shit.

To be honest with
you, I'm not sure yet

what method we're using
to get music out there.

I mean, the traditional-

You don't want a single

before the end of the year?

Well, the traditional method is,

is you take a cut off the album
and you service it to radio.

Right?

But we've got to
assume right now

that, you know, we're not
dealing with the country format.

I think you still let Sony
do what they want there.

We just aren't involved.

I don't, I don't.

Here's how it could go.

You release the single;

they play it, the
campaign starts up again,

"I'm never listening
to your station";

it's plummets to "We want that"

before our album comes out.

I didn't mean for us to
do anything for country.

I just thought--

I am just not willing
to work country radio

because I think it's
gonna be a huge disaster.

And we shouldn't.

I don't think we should, either.

But having said that, if
country radio embraced it

and turned around,
and all of a sudden

you're sitting in number
one on country radio,

I think it would be crazy
not to go back and go,

"We're glad you like
the new record."

Water under the bridge.

So we're all gonna
be friends again now.

We're gonna have to deal with
some more redneck bullshit.

But I think it's at a point
where you cannot go back

and put yourself
in the crosshairs.

[Female Protester]
Be proud of your country.

Be ashamed of
the Dixie Chicks.

[Male Reporter] The controversy
from the country music world

has officially landed tonight.

[Female Reporter]
The Dixie Chicks launched the

US leg of their "Top of the
World" tour in Greenville,

South Carolina.

[Female Protester #2] In my
opinion, they're ignorant,

and they don't know what
they're talking about.

[Male Protester] If you
support the Dixie Chicks,

you're supporting communism.

You're supporting traitors.
support the Dixie Chicks,

[Male Protester #2] We're tired
of the anti-American voices.

We're tired of the
antiwar voices.

[Male Reporter] Tickets for the
Dixie Chicks concert

went on sale months ago.

[Females] We did buy the tickets
before they said these things.

We couldn't get our money
back, so that's why we're here.

But these South Carolina
fans had no idea

that the show they were paying
to see would end up becoming

much more than a concert.

[Male State Capital Speaker]
I think we in South Carolina

ought to say goodbye
to the Dixie Chicks,

and anybody going to that
concert ought to be ready

to run away from it.

[Male Protester #3]
God Bless GW!

When Natalie Maines
made her comments

on the eve of war,

most of us recognized
that was reprehensible.

[Bob Dornan] It hurt our men
fighting overseas

who think their cause is just.

[Paula Zahn] Is this a matter of
free speech or bad manners?

[Sean Hannity]
Their opinion is so ignorant.

[Bill O'Reilly] They don't know
what they're talking about.

[Patrick Buchanan] I think
they are the Ditzy Twits.

These are the dumbest,

dumbest bimbos, with
due respect, I have seen

These are callow, foolish
women who deserved

to be slapped around.

[Rebecca Hagelin]
Absolutely.

[Female Reporter] The
Bi-Lo Center is working with

Greenville police to provide
extra security surrounding

the Dixie Chicks concert.

Sit.

Bomb-sniffing dog.

I mean, the Dixie Chicks are
free to speak their mind.

They can say what
they want to say.

And just because, they shouldnt

have their feelings
hurt just because

some people don't
wanna buy their records

when they speak out.

You know, freedom
is a two-way street.

"They shouldn't have
their feelings hurt"?

What a dumb fuck.

You're a dumb fuck.

[Male Reporter] Of course,
everyone anxious

to find out here what happens

when the Dixie Chicks go
before a live audience

for the first time.

14,000 Dixie Chicks
fans ready to go.

It feels real good.

[crowd cheering]

[country music]

♪ Mary Anne and Wanda
were the best of friends ♪

♪ All through their
high school days ♪

♪ Both members of the 4H Club

♪ Both active in the FFA

♪ After graduation

♪ Mary Anne went out

♪ Looking for a
bright new world ♪

♪ Wanda looked all
around this town ♪

♪ And all she found was Earl

[crowd cheering]

[Female Reporter #2] Deafening
cheers and a standing ovation

greeted the Dixie Chicks as
they opened their first US tour

since Maines made her
controversial comment.

The down-home greeting
came just as President Bush

addressed the nation
aboard the USS Lincoln.

America is grateful

for a job well done.

[crowd cheering]

They said you might not come,

but we knew you'd come.

[crowd cheering]

Because we have
the greatest fans

in the whole world.

Oh wait, I hear some boos.

We have a plan for this.

If you're hearing a
boo, we welcome that

because we welcome
freedom of speech.

[crowd cheering]

So we're gonna
give you 15 seconds

to get whatever you have out.

So here we go, on
the count of three,

you can start your booing.

One, two, three.

[crowd cheering]

- Ladies--
- Was there boos at the end?

That was fucking brilliant.

It was.

- It felt like--
- Oh, it was brilliant.

Oh, that was brilliant.

All the media people

are just like, "Oh," I mean--

Simon, you're our manager.

Shut up.

Okay, sorry.

This sucked, actually.

It was really fucking lame.

Whoo!

Cheers, you guys.

So being the pain in the ass

that I am,

we've gotta do a
little radio thing now,

- so--
- Aw, come on!

[Male DJ #1] But what made it
tough was

it wasn't your normal call,

"I wish you wouldn't
play that song,"

or "I don't really
like what you did."

It was, "I will never
listen to you again.

I will drive to the station.

I will," you know,

short of threats, to us,

it was like, "I will
never listen again."

That was just weird.

We have this audience,

and we wave that country
flag all the time,

defend country music,

and in an instant,

they turned their backs on us.

No, I mean, you being
the biggest ambassadors

for country radio.

[Male DJ #2] No bullshit,
how do you all feel about

country radio?

The people who abandoned us,

I'll never talk to them again.

And the people who've
supported us are gonna

get more love than
they've ever seen.

[all laughing]

[upbeat country music]

Ahh, you scared me.

♪ Every step of the way

♪ We walk the line

♪ Your days are
numbered, so are mine ♪

[Male Protester] Freedom of
speech is fine, but by God,

you don't do it outside

of the country, and you don't
do it in mass public place.

[Male Protester #2]
"Being ashamed of our president

means being ashamed
of our country.

Move to France, Dixie Chicks."

Screw 'em!

Right?

Say it.

♪ The city's just a jungle,
more games to play ♪

♪ I'm trapped in
the heart of it ♪

♪ Trying to get away, I
was raised in the country ♪

Did Simon tell you all
the American Red Cross

wouldn't take a million
dollars from us?

Well, you do know
that George W Bush

is the honorary chairman.

This whole week
they didn't play us.

This whole week
they didn't play us.

No one boycotted you.

- This is a boycott.
- That one did.

That is not a boycott.

How is it not a boycott?

They haven't been playing
our music for a few weeks.

A boycott is when someone
says, "We are not playing--"

Simon, actions speak
louder than words.

What's the difference?

You tell me the difference.

♪ So I'll see you around

♪ I got here

[Female Fan] All I know is all
these radio stations,

they pretend to support 'em,

but they won't play 'em.

We call and ask, and they won't.

[Claton Allen] No other artist
that we play on the radio

would get the kind of hate
mail and complaint calls,

and "I'm never
listening to you again.

I'm never doing
business with you."

No one gets that.

I could probably put Marilyn
Manson on the radio station

and not get that kind
of negative feedback,

even though we're
a country station.

These people haven't,
quote, "boycotted" us,

but they haven't
been playing our song

and are partially responsible

for our number-one
single to plummet.

I'm just trying to find
some medium ground here.

Ignore it.

It's up to them to
do the right thing.

We have not done anything
wrong, and there's nothing

for us to climb back from.

♪ I know that fortune
isn't written to be kind ♪

♪ But gimme your hand
and say you'll be mine ♪

♪ The emptiness is endless

- Where are our record sales?
- Near the shitter.

[laughing]

How much?

Right now you're down to 56

on the top 200.

But yet--

- Is that the lowest ever?
- Yeah.

I think time's the
greatest healer of all.

Listen, they'll
give Tracy Lawrence,

who's a wife beater,
another shot.

I don't want another shot.

♪ Stayed too long, whoo

Until the mood of
our audience changes,

we're not going to
play them anymore.

It'd simply be
financial suicide.

[Lubbock Fan] Keep playing, keep
making music--

And keep your mouth shut.

[laughing]

Now that we've, you know,

fucked ourselves anyway, I
think we have a responsibility

to continue to fuck ourselves.

[all laughing]

I am so, I just, the rest

of our career just better
not be overanalyzed

like this because
of this one episode.

[Protesters] USA, USA,
USA, USA, USA!

[crowd cheering]

I almost started crying
out there tonight.

- Why?
- All these people

in this huge arena,

and I thought, are
we ever gonna be

at this level again?

It made me so sad.

I thought,

"Is this the top,

you know, and everything's
downhill from here?"

[Randy Carroll]
Today's country, KJ97.

Good morning.

It's Randy Carroll
and Pam Tyler.

It's 8:54.

Their career is a lot bigger

than the country music core.

Now as a radio station,

we can't afford to lose
the country music core.

As entertainers, they
obviously feel like they can,

and I think that's
probably the thing

that bugs me the most
about the whole thing,

not so much what they say,

but in the things
that they've said.

And several different things,

not just the comment
about the president,

but some of the
things that they said

about Toby Keith's music

and about him and people
that believe that way

shows a real contempt

for what a whole lot

of country-music
listeners believe.

[Press Junket] I just have a
quick question regarding things

that have been happening
with Toby Keith lately.

He was in town a
couple of weeks ago

with a little bit of a
video poking fun at you.

What are you thoughts on that?

Is it all just in fun,

or is there any seriousness
to what's going on?

It's not in fun for me.

[laughing]

I don't appreciate what
he does in his show

with my picture, and he has
not been banned for that.

♪ You'll be sorry
that you messed with ♪

♪ the US of A

[crowd cheering]

♪ 'Cause we'll put
a boot in your ass ♪

♪ It's the American way

You have had a famous feud,

and does it bother you that
you are sometimes linked

with this simple-minded redneck?

And by that, I mean George Bush.

[audience laughing]

You're getting us in a
lot of trouble, Bill.

I don't think we
can get in more.

What is the status of that feud?

[Toby Keith Speaking]

You don't mind if I wear a shirt

that says "Fuck Toby Keith"?

I think it's cool.

[all laughing]

I bet you $1,000 that you
won't wear a T-shirt that says,

"Fuck you, Toby
Keith" in three-inch--

I should wear a T-shirt
that says "I love Toby."

- No.
- "I love TK."

"FCTK."

Ooooh!

- What is that?
- FUTK.

- What does that mean?
- Fuck you, Toby Keith.

[all laughing]

And then when people ask
about it, what's the line?

Use your imagination.

It means something
different to everyone.

I'm gonna do that.

That's so safe.

Fans United Together
in Kindness.

Personally, I wish they
would just shut up and sing.

About the time things
start dying down,

somebody else says
something stupid

and gets everybody
all riled up again.

[upbeat country music]

Dixie Chicks rule!

[all screaming]

Fuck you, T.K.!
F.U.T.K.!

My shirt means "Freedom,
Unity, Truth, Knowledge."

Oh sure, it says "FUDC."

You can infer whatever
you want from that.

I don't know what it means.

I'd say it's "Freedom
for the United States

which is a Democratic Country."

♪ You don't like the
sound of the truth ♪

♪ Coming from my mouth

♪ You say I lack the proof

♪ Well, baby, that might be so

♪ Tell me what's wrong with
having a little faith ♪

♪ In what you're
feeling in your heart ♪

♪ Why must we be so afraid

♪ And always so far apart

[crowd cheering]

You see that person shaking
their sign with so much energy

that said "FUDC"?

- You should have said--
- I almost said,

We love you all's signs,

but what do you have
against Dick Cheney?"

[all laughing]

[John McCain] The Committee
continues its series of hearins

examining media ownership
by returning to the topic

that started it all, radio.

As a result of statements made

by members of the Dixie
Chicks at a concert,

two radio networks,
Cox and Cumulus,

banned the Dixie Chicks
from their playlist

at a chain level.

[Lweis Dickey]
Mr. Chairman, first of all,

Mr. Renshaw refers to our
radio companies as networks

and we are not networks.

We are a confederation of
270 individual stations

in 55 cities--

You made a decision from
corporate headquarters

that was binding on your DJs.

- Mr. Chairman-
- And just prior to that,

you said that you are a group
of independent radio stations.

See, that's a total
contradiction, Mr. Dickey.

I think that
mischaracterizes it.

As I mentioned,

this was a collaborative
decision-making process.

Everybody fell in line.

This was not,

this was a unanimous
overwhelming decision.

"Fell in line," I
understand this.

Do you think what
you did sent any type

of a chilling message

to people that
they oughta shut up

and not express their
views one way or other?

- I would hope not.
- Okay.

Let me conclude-
[all laughing]

Mr. Renshaw, do you think
that program directors

ever have the right to
select the programming

based on the actions,
activities

or public statements
of the entertainers?

I believe that they have the
right to make the decisions

about whether they
do play something

or they don't play something.

But I think that
what we were seeing

that was going on at the time

was people were making
decisions in a

politically-censuring mode,
despite what everyone says.

Not very many managers
would be so brave.

They had, they had
unwittingly entered

into the world of politics.

It just seems to me that when
people get into politics,

even if they're entertainers,
it has consequences.

She made a decision,
politically, to speak.

It had a business
consequence to her.

And I think entertainers,
increasingly after this Iraq
conflict,

are now recognizing that
their involvement in politics

does have a political fallout
in terms of business to them.

Oooh, did you see that?

If we give VH1, if we're
doing the VH1 thing,

and we give them the remixed
version of "Top of the World",

Yes.

Can we give CMT,

simultaneously, the
country version?

Why are we beating a dead horse?

CMT viewers, I
don't think, want--

Well, that's--

I don't think we should
penalize, if they want to try,

penalize CMT when they have
done nothing but stand by us.

I don't want to be in
a market and industry

that doesn't want us right now.

I just feel like, "Let
country music rest."

Just not wanting to go-

We're not going to the CMAs.

- We're not--
- You're not?

So, uh,
you mean we can't, uh,

so I'm just gonna
tell them, "No, pass.

Forget it.

We're over it.

See you in a couple of years."

Maybe.

Well, "Whether you like it or
not is gonna be irrelevant,

but we'll see you in a couple
of years with something."

Maybe.

You may never make
another record?

It may not be a country record.

Oh, I know that.

- It works--
- It could be.

I'm assuming that it, that,

I'm assuming there will be
another record at some point.

All right.

Yeah, but they're not,
anyway, we can argue about it

in two years.

Yes, oh yeah.

[violin music]

Here we go.

[violin music]

I'm probably
totally outnumbered,

but I think this is a country
record in a lot of ways.

Knowing country
through and through

because that's
what I listened to,

you know, most of my life,

I don't think this is
that far from country

There are songs like "Lubbock"

where it's hardly
kind of country,

but it's kind of
like, I don't know,

I really haven't heard a
band that sounds like that.

The last thing I wanted to
do was for Rick to come in

and say, "Okay, we're
making a rock record."

That would've scared
the crap out of me.

He hears something different,

Natalie hears
something different,

Emily hears something different,
I hear something different,

but to me this is reminiscent
of the country I grew up on

which is why I love it.

[country music]

I feel like I just decompress

the second I go
through the gate.

It's just like I can
just relax, you know?

Being on the road's one thing,

but LA is a whole other thing.

It's just not my cup of tea.

♪ Now I got myself
a little band ♪

♪ And we're pretty
good, I guess ♪

♪ But I never learned how

I don't understand
how people can live

in a place like Los Angeles.

When I'm out there visiting her,

I'm just pissed
off the whole time.

He is, he's literally
pissed off the whole time.

I'm like, "Go home."

I've always been able to
separate work and family

and I've never had to do that
as long as I have this time

with this project, you know?

I've never had to relocate.

It was a hard year.

You know, being
split up like that,

especially, you know with
our son being two and a half.

Yeah, he'd get to fly back
and be with Dad for a week,

but for a two-and-a-half-
year-old to conceptualize,

"Why aren't you together?"

That was really hard.

[laughs]

Hey, Mommy.

[screams]
[laughs]

[all laughing]

He's pretty good.

Gimme.

- Got him!
- Shoot.

[harmonica music]

[flute music]

Dance in circles, do your hands.

Where's jazz hands?

I don't know too many
women who get to bring

their husband and
two children to work.

[laughing]

Yummy yummy?

I'm so lucky.

My husband travels
everywhere with me.

He's like a Mr. Mom and
he loves being a dad

and travels on every tour.

I love being there for her

when she comes in in the
evening from the studio.

You know, the babies
are there and I'm there.

Dinner's on the
table, sometimes.

And uh, you know, it's good.

It really is, it's great.

No matter where we are,
as long as we're together,

I feel like we're home.

[doll head cackling]

Happy Halloween.

I don't want it.
We'll do it loose.

Watch.

If you don't like it,
we'll take it off.

Trust me, man.

I have to wear one all the time.

You know, Daddy plays lawyers.

It's all I do.

Look at me, do I
look like a lawyer?

It's the tie-it fools everyone.

Aw, it's so cute though.

Girls are suckers
for boys in ties.

I don't want my tie.
Hey, you know what, buddy?

I don't blame you.

Ties suck.

Who wants to tie a
noose around their neck?

This is basically like this.

So in corporate America you go,

"Come on.

Let's go.

Come on, come on, come on.

Another couple hundred
million dollars.

Come on, come on."

This is how they walk
around the halls at Exxon.

Just like this.

Come on, let's go,
come on, chop-chop.

Okay, so I don't blame you.

You don't have to wear it.

What else do we need?

Oh!

[wolf whistles]

You're beautiful.

Look at Kathleen.

I think we're ready.

[laughing]

- Happy Halloween!
- Hey, you ready, Harry?

- This.
- Mama, look, a graveyard.

I know.

Look at that scary guy.

[kids laughing]

- Where is Kathleen?
- Ta-dah!

Dah!

I feel like I've aged five years

since I had my twins.

I just look in the mirror
and think I look so old,

and the other morning
I was so tired.

When you're just so
tired, you'd give anything

not to have to get up.

I offered Adrian 1000
bucks to get up once,

and he didn't do it.

[laughing]

1000.

I was like, "I'll
give you $1000."

I was so serious.

What does that mean

to the person you're
married to, though?

What's it mean that
he didn't get up?

In our world, okay,
we give you a blowjob.

[laughing]

"All right, you have
to give me a blowjob."

I was like, "No, I'll do it."

"I'll get up.

Never mind.

You drive a hard bargain."

[laughing]

[dog barking]

♪ Sunday morning

♪ Heard the preacher say

♪ Thou shalt not kill

♪ I don't wanna

♪ Hear nothing else

♪ About killing

♪ And that is God's will

We need to find a way
of introducing people

to the new sound on the new
album, and I think we go out

and we do four shows.

I think we should
go and play in LA,

New York, Chicago and Austin.

It would be more industry?

It would be more industry, fans.

That's too soon, Simon.

And especially for
industry people,

I don't think our
first time performing

these songs need to be in
front of industry people

while we're still feeling
out how we are gonna-

How are we gonna do that?

Move and look.

If you want it to
be really good,

all we have to do is
start early enough

to make it good, so I don't
understand what your problem is.

I don't think we're
being cautious enough.

I think it should
be very calculated.

I feel like we're treating
this like every other record,

and we all agreed that
that is not the way

this needed to be treated.

It scares me.

There's a lot of
people out there

who already have
their minds made up.

It doesn't matter.

What's that gotta do-

We have never gone into a
record being judged the way

we are gonna be
judged this time.

Never.

[upbeat country music]

♪ These walls

♪ Have eyes

♪ Rows of photographs

♪ And faces like mine

♪ Who do

♪ We become

♪ Without knowing where

♪ We started from

After the comment, when
we got all the criticism,

it was just a really scary time.

It was just wrong what
happened, not only to us,

but other people that
were, you know, shut up

or made to feel threatened

for feeling a certain
way, you know,

about the war or whatever.

Everything was so bizarre,
it was almost humorous.

I just could not believe

people cared what I said.

But it had to be somebody

or some group that seemed like

the all-American girls.

It was perfect.

It had to be

the unlikely voice

from what looked like

the conservative heart
of America saying it.

That was perfect.

To me, it was something
really just an episode,

and okay, we're gonna
lose some record sales,

and it's more important to
stand up for what's right,

and be a strong unit together
and support each other.

But then when the death
threat came, I thought,

"Okay, this is different league.

It's a totally
different league."

[crowd cheering]

Thank you, Los Angeles!

That was the envelope tonight.

It says, "Natalie Maines

will be shot dead
Sunday, July 6th,

in Dallas, Texas."

You know the Dallas threat?

- Yeah.
- They have a guy,

the police have, reason to
believe he might be the guy.

Really?

Because he's made other threats

against senators
in the same way-

Can they make sure he's
nowhere near Dallas?

I'm gonna have a
policeman on him

for the whole time
we're in Dallas,

and outside his house,
and just so they're always

on him the whole time.

They think this is the person.

God.

The handwriting sort of matches.

The FBI had some
intelligence on this guy

with some other threats,

possibly to you guys, but they
didn't share it to anybody.

We're trying to get
more info on it,

but we're gonna have people
watching him during the show.

He's kind of cute.

He is.

He's a good-looking guy.

The hairspray's got you.

When we start Texas, we're
in serious danger territory.

So get your shit
together because-

It's very scary.

As I said, we're making
some changes with security.

This should be a
Texas Rangers issue.

No one fucks with
the Texas Rangers.

Do you think the National
Guard should be in Dallas?

The National Guard?

What, like tanks?

Armored personnel carriers?

Like they do at the airports.

Inside the building?

Keeping an eye on the section?

If I was a person bringing
a gun into a show,

I'd bring the
smallest possible gun

and probably put it in my crotch

because nobody is gonna
feel somebody's crotch up.

I wouldn't.

I'd put it up in my ankle.

They wand your feet.

They don't get down that far.

And you expect us to want
to play a show in Dallas

and you're telling us they
don't feel people's legs.

They can't touch people.

They cannot touch people.

Okay then, at Dallas we
have metal detectors.

I know how vulnerable I feel.

I can't imagine
how Natalie feels.

Standing up there,
you feel so naked.

So naked.

Hello.

The last thing I
said to Charlie was

"I'll call you tonight
if I don't get shot."

[laughing]

Oh!

Say, 6:30, we walk
out the door at 6:45

and we fly in, and
then when we land,

the cops are gonna take
us right to the stage.

There's never any time where
we're stopped inside the venue.

Hi, Asvia, this
is Natalie Pasdar.

You gave me a reading
about a year ago, probably.

I just wanna know
if you feel like

I'm in any danger

or if I'm safe.

So please give me a call.

Thank you, bye.

[electronic whining]

[sirens wailing]

Be right there.

Come in, Mindi.

[crowd cheering]

I'm not expecting
to look at anybody

before we walk out of the
room and say, "Is it clear?"

I'm just expecting
it to be clear.

And I want someone
in front of me

when we're walking, and I want
someone to be sitting there

waiting for us
when we get there.

[all chattering]

[crowd cheering]

Number two check.

♪ Forgive

♪ Sounds good

♪ Forget

♪ I'm not sure I could

♪ They say

♪ Time heals everything

♪ But I'm still waiting

♪ I'm through

♪ With doubt

♪ There's nothing left for me

♪ To figure out

♪ I've paid

♪ A price

♪ And I'll keep paying

♪ I'm not ready to make nice ♪

♪ I'm not ready to back down

♪ I'm still mad as hell
and I don't have time ♪

♪ To go round and
round and round ♪

♪ It's too late
to make it right ♪

♪ I probably
wouldn't if I could ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm mad as hell,
can't bring myself ♪

♪ To do what it is
you think I should ♪

♪ I know

I had proposed a song idea

to them called "Undivided,"

'cause I thought that people
were being divided by politics

and being like, "Okay, you
have to be on this side,

and you have to be on this side.

Now you all go ahead
and hate each other."

And be about also how the girls
have dealt with controversy.

Instead of being
divided and conquered,

they stuck together.

Natalie thought about
it for a second.

Then she said,
"Well, does that mean

that in the song I would
have to forgive the people

who did all that to us?"

And I said, "Maybe it
would for the song.

Maybe it would."

And she went, "Nope."

♪ And how in the world can
the words that I said ♪

♪ Send somebody
so over the edge ♪

♪ That they'd write
me a letter saying ♪

♪ That I better
shut up and sing ♪

♪ Or my life will be over

That's just the most emotional
song on the record for me.

It took about, I'd
say, 100 listens

before I didn't get choked up,

literally, just every time
I play it for somebody,

or heard it in the
car or whatever,

it made me realize how raw
the emotions still were.

♪ I'm still mad as hell
and I don't have time ♪

♪ To go round and
round and round ♪

♪ It's too late
to make it right ♪

♪ I probably
wouldn't if I could ♪

[Female NBC Reporter]
The Dixie Chicks may

soon cause a stir with lyrics
from their upcoming album.

[Joe Levy] This single "Not
Ready to Make Nice"

is not big on the radio,

and is really not
big on country radio.

The Dixie Chicks have
all but challenged

country music stations to
stop playing their music.

Joanne's e-mail this
morning was the south

of the Mason-Dixon Line.

We have no one other
than one station-

So lose a few.

Miami, LA and Knoxville.

At least the album's
fucking delivered.

♪ What it is you
think I should ♪

[Driver] Mind your step, ladies.

I know you're having fun,
but mind your step, please.

So, girls, one
thing that did come

up today in my
meeting with Sony,

the big concern
that they have is

we really don't know what's
gonna happen on radio.

They wanna have us
doing as much TV

as we can get done.

So let me throw
out some TV ideas

and get some feedback from you.

"The View," if it
was just an interview

with Barbara Walters,

and if we went in

and we did the
production as opposed

to "The View" doing
the production.

"Regis and"--

Kelly?

[laughing]

Now tell us, first,
with each show

what's the mandatory
performance?

Okay, can I just
throw this out there?

Why can't we,

can we decide what kind of
artists we want to be right now?

Sure.

Can we be the Bruce Springsteen

and the Bob Dylan, not that
I'm comparing our music

and ourselves to them,
but do we have to be

on everything that
they'll let us be on?

I just don't care.

Here's what everyone
is wrestling with.

You are the biggest-selling
group in North America

in the last eight years.

No one has sold, combined,
more records than you have.

I don't give a shit
what Sony wants,

we know what Sony wants, money.

We've always been a cash cow.

They're worried we're
not gonna be that.

I think what they're
wrestling with

is they're wrestling
with expectations.

They look at you as the
act that they expect

to drive more sales with than
any other band on Columbia

releasing an album this year.

[Paparazzi]
Hey, Natalie, Natalie.

♪ How do you love
without sympathy ♪

♪ Who's gonna be the one

♪ To speak for me

[Female Host] I read that you
all felt like this album was

a rebirth or kind of
like starting over.

Everything seems like
the first time again.

We knew it had to be personal.

It feels really good.

[Geoff Mayfield] As we expected,
Dixie Chicks album debuted

at number one on
the Billboard 200

and of course on our country
albums chart as well.

[Diane Sawyer] Everybody is
talking about the Dixie Chicks.

They're right there on the
cover of "Time" magazine.

Does it still surprise
you what went down?

The biggest surprise to me

was how many people
were terrified

to even be associated with us.

Public opinion has
changed so much

in the last three years.

Bush's approval rating
is kind of down.

Does that impact on you?

We just made the album we'd,
not even wanted to make,

but needed to make.

[Wolf Blitzer] The new poll is
certainly a blow for the
president,

showing a public fed up with
the war and his handling of it.

[Elizabeth Vargas] Tonight
questions about claims the
president

and members of his
administration made in 2003.

[Terry McAuliffe] There are a
lot of legitimate questions

about this president,

how he misled the
public on the issue

of weapons of mass destruction.

We did not find the
weapons of mass destruction

and that's raised questions
about whether the sacrifice

in Iraq has been worth it.

[George Stephanopoulus]
59% call the war in Iraq a
mistake.

[Ray McGovern] Why did
you lie to get us into a war

that was not necessary

and that has caused these
kinds of casualties?

[Anderson Cooper]
As we mentioned earlier,

the number of US
deaths has hit 2500,

and so far, 18,490
troops have been wounded.

[Howard Stern] The president has
completely blown it with this
war.

I am sorry about what I said,
I'll tell you the truth.

[Robin Quivers] 'Cause they took
a very bold and brave stand.

You guys were
absolutely right.

Right now you're
not wearing panties.

- Is that a political thing?
- Is that a Dixie Chick thing?

I won't wear panties
until the war is over.

They got a number
-one-selling album

and didn't have to
depend on radio to do it.

Does it matter to you
how this album does?

I'm more scared about
if the tour will sell

than the records.
Yeah, than buy the album.

No matter what, we
will always make music,

but there's a certain energy
and just that adrenaline

when you go out onstage
and you have those fans

that are there.

The live show, for me, is
the, is the total payoff.

When you have seven kids,
you can't go back to the RV.

[Natalie laughs]

You can't,

you can't pile everybody
in and, you know,

go play small clubs.

I won't go out
without my family.

And so I think

you have to maintain a
certain level of touring.

So, you know, to me that's,

that'll be the
measure of success.

Arenas or nothing.

[both laugh]

There's a whole new deal
that's been proposed.

AG will make an offer
for the entire tour.

The guarantee is basically $26
million, versus a 90-10 deal.

You keep saying the word

"risk, we're covering our risk."

What it comes down to is if
we want to take that risk.

Absolutely.

Maybe I'm bass-ackwards here,

but I would rather know
that we took the risk

and had faith and
lose out on money

than to do what I think
it's gonna do and sell out

and have that feeling of

"Why didn't we fucking have
confidence in ourselves?"

You know what?

If we're gonna have
this conversation,

we should involve Al
in it, and we should

just look at the economics.

[Al] You're not gonna sell
out in Nashville,

you won't sell out in Memphis,

you won't sell out
in Oklahoma City.

Now, I mean, we can
lose money really quick.

I know we can.

Here was an option for
you to hedge your bet.

If you don't wanna hedge,

you don't wanna hedge.

I am, I am saying
I get all of this.

I'm totally with Natalie.

And as hard,

as hard as you think it is for
us to work, it'll be harder

for me to work

with a tour that sold
out in two fucking days

and I didn't bet on myself
when I knew I should

and I'm taking,

and it's not even
about the money!

I'll be pissed at myself.

That will make me unhappy.

It's almost like if
you don't sell it

and you took a gamble on
yourself just like how,

it lights a fire.

It makes you fight.

Just like-

I mean, they love the, listen,

I love the fucking attitude.

Bring it on!

Nat, don't get me-
Isn't that what Bush said?

"Bring it on!"

Exactly.

Listen, and you and Al are
either with us or against us.

[Emily laughs]

Unfortunately, we're with you.

[all laughing]

Whether you like it or not.

Whether we like it or not,

we're in.

Okay, according to Ticketmaster,

time, one minute away
from the on-sale start.

Good morning.

Okay.

Ah, Philadelphia-

Okay.

Sold, 69, open, 7942.

- Toronto?
- Simon, uh

Toronto needs to roll right now.

That's too bad.

Can you roll Toronto
to the second show?

Definitely.

I will send it off right now.

Thank you.

Philadelphia, pull back.

Pull back, Atlanta.

So don't roll any of them
with the exception of Toronto.

Really?

Okay, bye-bye.

So we rolled Toronto.

What else is happening?

Toronto rolled right out.

The other ones-you
still had open seats.

It's the South.

Atlanta is definitely slow.

This is not good.

I mean, I hate to throw a
dose of reality on this.

I don't disagree with you.

Even in Boston,

those aren't good counts.

We've gotta be honest
with each other,

they're not good counts.

No.

Can I throw a radical
idea out here?

Do we take Milwaukee, KC,
Saint Louis, Indy, Des Moines,

literally move them
back into October

and try to just slam Canada
in, out of Chicago and Minnie

and go spend our
time up in Canada?

That's a great idea, I think.

'Cause Canada seems
to be really strong.

I'm talking about playing
Kamloops, Moose Jaw,

everywhere there's a hockey
arena, let's go play.

Moose Jaw.

Yeah, there's a town
called Moose Jaw.

[all laughing]

And it's got a hockey arena?

Yeah.

And that's where we're at.

We are not selling
to country right now.

We are selling to
a new audience.

Well, we're not, yeah.
We're a new band.

And the next tour we do,

if this record is a hit
to the new audience,

we're back playing, that's
where we're rebuilding a career

with a whole new, it's a
new band and a new audience.

[light guitar music]

It feels like we've been beat up

and then we've been
pushed back in the ring.

It's just emotionally
draining and-

And the tour, I
think it's the first

non-success we've had.

People ask about
sluggish tickets.

There's no denying we
have sluggish tickets.

I'm not, and I'm not
embarrassed by that.

So I don't feel the need
to put a spin on it.

But I think it had
gotten to the point

where it was just kind of scary,

when the ticket
sales were sluggish,

that we had committed
to a lot of people.

You know, these
people depended on us

for the next six
months of their lives.

It's a huge burden
and, at the same time,

it's a lot of stress.

[acoustic guitar music]

We know everyone's
been hearing a lot

of rumors about the tour,

what's happening,

and we just wanted to
settle all the rumors,

just saying that
we will be starting

the tour on the 21st
of July as planned.

Oh, oh, we did
want to say though

we are having to cut corners

in places and meat's expensive

and y'all drink a lot of beers

so both of those are off.

[all laughing]

♪ When the calls
and conversations ♪

♪ Accidents and accusations

♪ Messages and misperceptions

♪ Paralyze my mind

♪ Buses, cars

If you gauge your career

by how many people buy your
albums or are at the concert,

I don't think we'll ever
be in that place again.

But, you know, it's
giving us this fire back.

I don't know, there's
just something to say for,

having that back, that want to

garner new fans, or uh,

just prove yourself
all over again.

♪ You create for me

♪ And the way you keep
the world at bay for me ♪

I think Natalie
still feels pressure

about what's happened,

even though we say over
and over and over again,

"It was the best thing",

I can tell her that and
shake her all day long.

"It's the best thing
that ever happened to me.

It's the best thing

that ever happened
to our career.

We'd never change it.

You're fine.

You didn't do anything."

♪ And the way you keep
the world at bay for me ♪

And I just think she still,

she still, um

feels responsible.

And if she came to
me tomorrow and said,

"I don't want to tour.

I don't want to record anymore.

I don't want to do this,"

I care for her.

I'd say, "Okay."

I'd give up my career

for her to be
happy, be at peace.

♪ Children lose their
youth too soon ♪

♪ Watching war made us immune

♪ And I've got all
the world to lose ♪

♪ But I just want
to hold on to ♪

♪ The easy silence
that you make for me ♪

♪ It's okay when there's
nothing more to say to me ♪

♪ And the peaceful quiet
you create for me ♪

♪ And the way you keep
the world at bay for me ♪

♪ The way you keep the
world at bay for me ♪

♪ The way you keep
the world at bay ♪

[audience cheering]

It's great to be back
at Shepherds Bush.

[crowd cheering]

The return to the
scene of the crime.

[crowd cheering]

[Natalie laughs]

And all week, the only
thing people keep asking is,

"What are you gonna say?

Do you know what
you're gonna say?"

As usual, I didn't
plan anything,

but I thought I'd say
something brand new

and just say, "Just so you know,

we're ashamed the President
of the United States

is from Texas."

[crowd cheering]

[upbeat country music]

♪ My friends from high school

♪ Married their high
-school boyfriends ♪

♪ Moved into houses

♪ In the same ZIP codes
where their parents live ♪

♪ But I, I could never follow

♪ No I, I could never follow

♪ I hit the highway

♪ In a pink RV with
stars on the ceiling ♪

♪ Lived like a gypsy

♪ Six strong hands on
the steering wheel ♪

♪ I've been a long
time gone now ♪

♪ Maybe someday, someday
I'm gonna settle down ♪

♪ But I've always
found my way somehow ♪

♪ By taking the long way

♪ Taking the long way around

♪ Taking the long way

♪ Taking the long way around

♪ I'm taking the long way

♪ Taking the long, long way

♪ I'm taking the long way

♪ Taking the long way around,
I'm taking the long way ♪

♪ Taking the long way around

♪ I'm taking the long way

♪ Taking the long way around

[crowd cheering]

♪ Don't let them tell
you what it's all about ♪

♪ I'm right beside you, a
dreamer you can do without ♪

♪ I know you well,
but we've never met ♪

♪ Always the same,
always the safe bet ♪

♪ I know it's happening,
I've seen it before ♪

♪ Uninvited, I'll be
coming to your back door ♪

♪ Lock all your windows,
hide under your bed ♪

♪ I hear you breathing,
I know you're there ♪

♪ You can turn off the light

♪ You can turn off your mind

♪ You can shut me out

♪ But I'll still be here

♪ I'll still be here

♪ You can tune me out,
try to shut me down ♪

♪ But I'll still be here

♪ You wanna see
things all the same ♪

♪ Why don't you see things
in color for a change ♪

♪ I'm waiting and listening,
trying to walk in your shoes ♪

♪ They walk a straight
line, such a straight line ♪

♪ I'll drop my fences if
you'll drop your guard ♪

♪ Meet me on the front porch,
stop hiding in your backyard ♪

♪ Unlock your windows,
come out from the bed ♪

♪ Your TV's glowing,
I know you're there ♪

♪ You can turn it around

♪ Do you like how it sounds

♪ You can turn me off

♪ But I'll still be here, yeah

♪ Still be here, yeah

♪ You can turn me down, but
I have to shout it out ♪

♪ I'll still be here

♪ Ooh-ooh

♪ Who'd get away with empathy

♪ How do you love
without sympathy ♪

♪ And who's gonna be the
one to speak for me ♪

♪ I'll still be here

♪ I'll still be here, yeah

♪ Still be here

♪ I'll still be here, yeah

♪ I'll still be here
I'll still be here ♪

♪ Still be here I'll still be

♪ Still be here,
yeah I'll still be ♪

♪ Still be here I'll still be

[humming]

♪ I'll still be

♪ I'll still be
said I'll be here ♪

♪ I'll still be whether
you like it or not ♪

♪ I'll still be

[vocalizing]

♪ I'll still be