I'm confused! Dixie Chicks! Country or Not!?

Question

Quotes from the Dixie Chicks--
"I don't even know what's played on country radio, but when they tell me some titles, it cracks me up,'' laughs lead singer Natalie Maines, sitting in a swank New York hotel as the group promotes its new album, ``Taking the Long Way,''
``Besides, where would we fit on the playlist between `Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' and `Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off'?'' asks Maines, citing two recent country hits, as the rest of the Chicks _ sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison _ join in her laughter.
``We don't want to be a square peg,'' pipes in Robison, while Maines adds: ``We'd rather be the square peg on the other side!'' ``It just pisses me off,'' says a steamed Maguire.
``I don't know that we set out to make a rock record,'' says Maines. ``But we definitely didn't set out to make a country record and I definitely had a bad taste in my mouth.''
NOW IF THEY WEREN’T MAKING A COUNTRY ALBUM, HOW DID THEY WIN GRAMMY’S COUNTRY ALBUM & COUNTRY GROUP SONG

Answer 1

I think they were just stating that when they started making the album they were not sure of which direction it would take. The lyrics of their songs have gradually moved away from country, that's obvious. But their records are still dominated by country style instruments such as the eukalele and banjo, and Natalie has a voice that one would probably define as country. They just don't want to be mixed up or sterotyped along with the type of music that most people associate as country these days. They were definately not looking to make a record with songs such as the two mentioned above. I think that there has been for some time a division in country music whereby we have classic, pop, and new country. Those of us who do not listen to country music generally place all these eggs in one basket.

Answer 2

They started off thinking that they would do a country cd but in the end it turned out to be a rock album so they decided that it was rock, not country, like what they said in the later quotes. So even though they thought that their music was rock, everyone else thought that it was country and so they won the Grammy Country Album and group song.

Answer 3

They have been appearing a stay overall performance and commenced speaking approximately how they did no longer lay declare to the prez or the large state of Texas and it indignant quite few human beings exceedingly Toby Keith who informed Natalie Raines the lead singer that she mandatory to easily close up and sing. they have not been on the charts recently via reality that alot of radio stations have been getting calls boycotting their track. Their new track referred to as "no longer waiting to make stunning", is basically their way of attempting to return back, mutually as no longer making an apology to the country snd the particular human beings it indignant.

Answer 4

they're country!