Country Quiz: Who Said? “People Thought We Were Crazy When We Packed Up at 17 . . . So We Could Follow this Impossible Dream.”
“People thought we were crazy when we packed up at 17, didn’t do college . . . I rushed to finish high school and was emancipated so we could follow this impossible dream.”
A. Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry
B. Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay
C. Tae Dye of Maddie & Tae
D. Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line
E. Zach Swon of The Swon Brothers
F. Shawna Thompson of Thompson Square
Answer: C. TAE DYE of MADDIE & TAE, in “Texas Monthly”.
Her partner MADDIE MARLOW adds, quote, “And now we’re nominated for an Academy of Country Music award, we’re going to tour with DIERKS BENTLEY . . . and it’s all because every time we got stuck, we stuck it out.”
Carrie Underwood’s “Little Toy Guns” Has a Pretty Serious Message
CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s “Little Toy Guns“ may sound upbeat, but it isn’t . . . and she’d like everyone to know that. She says, quote, “If you didn’t pay attention to the lyrics, you’d think, ‘This is a cool rockin’ song,’ but the lyrics are quite serious.
“The storyline is about a little girl who hears her parents arguing, and she wishes that they were fake like plastic, like little toy guns and they didn’t actually hurt, and didn’t hurt each other and didn’t hurt her.”
Lee Ann Womack Tries to Stay Away from Frivolous Interviews
You may have heard the expression, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” Well, LEE ANN WOMACK doesn’t believe in it. She hates wasting time in interviews that focus on what she’s wearing or where she gets her mani-pedis.
She says, quote, “[Those] are disappointing when you’ve worked hard to make a record.” She’d rather focus on the music, and she believes her true fans do too because, quote, “People want something real.”
Interested in owning the red swimsuit MIRANDA LAMBERT wore in her “Little Red Wagon” video? Well, not the actual one, but one just like it? It’s available at ModCloth.com for $89.99. There’s also a luscious plus sizeversion at the same price.
DIERKS BENTLEY is hosting the ACM Charity Motorcycle Ride & Concert on April 18th in Dallas, which is the day before the ACMs. Other performers include Will Hoge, James Otto, Montgomery Gentry, and Thompson Square. Proceeds will benefit several charities including ACM Lifting Lives. (Rolling Stone)
BRAD PAISLEY Tweeted a pic of him and his wife KIMBERLY getting photobombed at some fancy event by actress KELEN COLEMAN, who played Jackie McCarthy on “The McCarthys”.