WEBVTT 00:01.466 --> 00:02.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - I just wanted to know what your inspiration was, 00:02.700 --> 00:04.200 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% for How You Dance. 00:04.200 --> 00:05.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - Oh, for I Hope You Dance? 00:05.566 --> 00:07.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Audience Member] I Hope You Dance, yeah. 00:07.033 --> 00:08.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Oh, you know, I didn't write it. 00:09.100 --> 00:10.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Mark Sanders and Tia Sillers, 00:10.400 --> 00:12.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% two writers from Nashville, wrote it. 00:12.166 --> 00:14.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It was written about her divorce, 00:14.033 --> 00:15.866 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% which people don't know. 00:15.866 --> 00:18.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But for me, when I heard the song, 00:18.133 --> 00:19.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and I have to decide, you know, 00:19.800 --> 00:21.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "I didn't write this, so is this something 00:21.133 --> 00:22.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "that I would wanna sing, 00:22.600 --> 00:24.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% "is this something that makes sense for me to sing, 00:24.500 --> 00:27.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "that I can convey believably?" 00:27.100 --> 00:29.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I thought about my children, 00:29.166 --> 00:31.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and what I wanted for them in life. 00:31.033 --> 00:33.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% That was the first thing that popped into my mind. 00:33.433 --> 00:35.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - And that's the calculation that you make 00:35.766 --> 00:38.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% when you're presented with somebody else's words, 00:38.400 --> 00:40.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% is, "Can I pull this off? 00:40.300 --> 00:43.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "Can this sound credible coming out of my mouth?" 00:43.266 --> 00:45.133 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% Well, that seems like a perfectly 00:45.133 --> 00:46.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% reasonable way to approach it. 00:46.666 --> 00:50.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% You probably have declined to sing really good songs-- 00:50.233 --> 00:51.766 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - Or hit songs. 00:51.766 --> 00:55.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - So give us an example of one song that you wish, 00:55.500 --> 00:57.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% if you'd go back in the world of "I regret, 00:57.766 --> 00:59.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "if I could go back and then do it," 00:59.000 --> 01:01.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% tell us a song that you passed on 01:01.233 --> 01:03.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that ultimately became a hit for somebody else. 01:03.033 --> 01:07.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - I don't know if there was a song that I regret. 01:07.433 --> 01:09.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But there were many that I passed on 01:09.133 --> 01:10.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that became hits for other people. 01:10.666 --> 01:12.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - But you never went, "Oh god, I wish I could do that over"? 01:12.933 --> 01:13.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - No. - 'Cause you made the right 01:13.866 --> 01:14.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% decision at the right time. 01:14.933 --> 01:16.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Yeah. - I like that attitude. 01:16.433 --> 01:17.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (Lee Ann laughing) 01:17.900 --> 01:20.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - I don't know if you wanna go this way or not, 01:20.266 --> 01:23.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but I have a question, I've always been curious about 01:23.266 --> 01:26.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the audience that you see for country music 01:26.766 --> 01:30.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and the connection to possible politics or beliefs-- 01:30.700 --> 01:32.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Host] Politics always comes up on this show. 01:32.300 --> 01:35.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - It does, yeah, but I mean do you see a difference 01:35.400 --> 01:39.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or is the music generally for both sides of the aisle, 01:39.200 --> 01:42.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so to say, or do you see a split with, 01:42.566 --> 01:44.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% you were talking about growing up in churches 01:44.833 --> 01:49.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and gospel music, does that open up to more diversity? 01:51.033 --> 01:53.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I'm just asking kind of a real general question. 01:53.200 --> 01:58.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - You know, I don't know, but I hope there's not a split, 01:59.400 --> 02:01.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because if there's one thing that 02:01.233 --> 02:02.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% can bring everybody together it's music, you know? 02:02.866 --> 02:04.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Audience is audience, no matter who they are, 02:04.666 --> 02:05.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% no matter what they believe. 02:05.700 --> 02:06.933 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - Yeah, yeah. 02:06.933 --> 02:09.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - You've stayed largely clear of that tendency 02:09.400 --> 02:11.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% these days to get more involved politically. 02:11.133 --> 02:13.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I remember you played at President Bush's 02:13.333 --> 02:15.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% second Republican convention, right, 02:15.533 --> 02:17.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% when he was being renominated. 02:17.200 --> 02:18.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But other than that I'm not aware of you 02:18.833 --> 02:22.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or your music in any way getting caught up in the-- 02:22.266 --> 02:24.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - No, I did that 'cause he's a Texan (laughs). 02:26.966 --> 02:30.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - So the next Texan, we can count on you coming back? 02:30.500 --> 02:32.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - Well, probably, probably. 02:32.233 --> 02:33.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Host] Depends upon who it is, probably, 02:33.433 --> 02:34.933 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% like everything else. 02:34.933 --> 02:36.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Maybe it'll be me. - Sir. 02:36.066 --> 02:37.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - I wanna test your memory. 02:37.533 --> 02:39.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% What do you remember about South Plains College? 02:39.066 --> 02:40.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Right, so you went from Jacksonville 02:40.566 --> 02:42.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to South Plains College in Levelland 02:42.133 --> 02:43.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% before going on to Belmont University, 02:43.800 --> 02:44.966 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% right, in Nashville. 02:44.966 --> 02:45.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So you went to South Plains College 02:45.900 --> 02:47.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% immediately after high school. 02:47.166 --> 02:48.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Yeah, what do you remember about that? 02:48.700 --> 02:49.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% What do you remember about that part of the state? 02:49.800 --> 02:51.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Very different from east Texas. 02:51.633 --> 02:54.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - It is, the people though are still great, you know. 02:55.566 --> 02:57.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% But yes, it's very different. 02:57.166 --> 02:59.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% What do I remember about it? 02:59.733 --> 03:03.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I remember that that was the first time in my life 03:03.166 --> 03:06.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that I was surrounded by people like me, 03:06.266 --> 03:08.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% because when I was growing up, 03:08.400 --> 03:10.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% everybody thought I was weird 03:10.200 --> 03:12.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% 'cause I wanted to go be a country star. 03:14.133 --> 03:15.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And I wanted out of there and everybody else 03:15.800 --> 03:18.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% wanted to stay right there in that town. 03:19.333 --> 03:20.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And so I remember being around people 03:20.966 --> 03:23.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% who were a little bit weird and different 03:23.566 --> 03:26.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and sat around listened to music 24/7. 03:26.166 --> 03:27.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - It's like living in Austin. 03:27.500 --> 03:29.000 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (Lee Ann laughing) 03:29.000 --> 03:30.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I don't know that "Keep Levelland Weird" works. 03:30.966 --> 03:33.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% (Lee Ann laughing) That's okay, ma'am? 03:33.833 --> 03:37.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Hi Lee Ann, my sister and I are here, 03:37.100 --> 03:38.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we both grew up in Jacksonville too, 03:38.600 --> 03:41.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Kirkendall-Dolans, and so we just wanted to say hi 03:41.833 --> 03:43.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and we love your music. - Aw, thank you. 03:43.433 --> 03:44.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - But I wanted to hear about some of 03:44.800 --> 03:46.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% your favorite memories, growing up in 03:46.333 --> 03:48.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% our small town of Jacksonville. 03:48.100 --> 03:49.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - [Host] What do you remember? 03:49.633 --> 03:53.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Oh, (sighs) I remember driving around a lot, 03:53.533 --> 03:55.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% there was not a lot to do, 03:55.433 --> 03:57.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% so we would drive around. 03:59.033 --> 04:01.000 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% We drank a lot of beer. 04:01.000 --> 04:04.000 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience laughing) 04:06.500 --> 04:07.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And I remember just thinking, you know, 04:07.900 --> 04:11.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% "I'm gonna go to Nashville and make records" 04:11.300 --> 04:13.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and just dreamed about that all the time. 04:13.233 --> 04:15.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Did you think to yourself, "I have to get out of here"? 04:15.200 --> 04:16.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Oh yeah. (audience laughing) 04:16.933 --> 04:18.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Which these days, one of the persistent 04:18.433 --> 04:20.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% conversations in Texas is that rural communities 04:20.333 --> 04:22.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% are losing population, that counties 04:22.200 --> 04:24.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% are losing population, the urban areas 04:24.600 --> 04:26.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of Texas are growing and part is because 04:26.133 --> 04:27.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% kids grow up in these communities, 04:27.366 --> 04:28.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they drive around, drink a lot of beer, 04:28.800 --> 04:31.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and then they go off to college and they don't come back. 04:31.400 --> 04:33.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% That was kind of what you thought you would do also, 04:33.000 --> 04:34.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% go away and not come back. 04:36.033 --> 04:39.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - Yeah, I mean, I love it, 04:39.100 --> 04:40.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I have a lot of friends there, 04:42.133 --> 04:44.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but that's what I mostly remember, 04:44.000 --> 04:47.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% was going to the lake-- - I was gonna say the lake. 04:47.033 --> 04:48.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience laughing) 04:48.300 --> 04:50.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - The Tomato Bowl. - The Tomato Bowl. 04:51.400 --> 04:52.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Host] It was a simpler time then too, right? 04:52.566 --> 04:53.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Yeah. - I mean, we're the same age, 04:53.800 --> 04:55.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I know when you grew up in Jacksonville 04:55.133 --> 04:57.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and at that point it was a vastly different 04:57.033 --> 04:58.400 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% world than it is today. 04:58.400 --> 05:00.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - It was, I mean, obviously with the internet 05:00.733 --> 05:02.433 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% it changed everything. 05:02.433 --> 05:06.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So you go back there now and people are more connected 05:06.333 --> 05:08.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% than we were at that time, to the rest of the world. 05:08.933 --> 05:12.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Well, one result of that I think is that 05:12.500 --> 05:14.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% younger people grow up faster, right? 05:14.600 --> 05:16.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Younger people are much more aware 05:16.066 --> 05:17.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% of the outside world. 05:17.333 --> 05:18.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I'm not sure that's a positive around here. 05:18.566 --> 05:19.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I don't think it is (chuckles). 05:20.800 --> 05:22.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - We're very fortunate to have 05:22.066 --> 05:23.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% such a nice and talented person as Lee Ann Womack 05:23.966 --> 05:24.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% here with us today. 05:24.900 --> 05:26.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Please give her a big hand. 05:26.066 --> 05:27.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% (audience applauding) - Thank you. 05:27.833 --> 05:29.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - [Host] Thank you all for coming 05:29.333 --> 05:30.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and we'll see you again soon.