Some 12 years later, after making controversial remarks about the Iraq War, the Dixie Chicks's lead vocalist Natalie Maines is still not ready to make nice with former President George W. Bush. She now takes a look back on those comments.
It all began March 10, 2003, right before the Iraq War. Maines was with the Dixie Chicks and they were performing a concert in London. The country singer-songwriter made a remark about the upcoming war onstage.
"Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all," Maines said. "We do not want this war, this violence and we're ashamed that the president of the United States is from Texas."
The trio was embroiled in controversy from that moment on. There were protests at the Dixie Chicks's concerts and people boycotted their music. But despite that, in 2006, Taking the Long Way took home Album of the Year at the Grammys.
Maines, who in 2013 released a solo album titled Mother, took to Twitter March 10, 2015, to revisit her comments in 2003:
Just so you know,12 years ago today,over half of this country had lost their minds and some questioned my knowitallness. #dummies
Maines talked more in depth about that period of her life and how she felt during the protests against the Dixie Chicks.
"I joke that I have PTSD, but there's probably truth in that joke," Maines told Rolling Stone in 2013. "It all put an ugly light on people that I was kind of happily naive to. But when I was going through it, I really didn't feel like it was affecting me. I was in fight mode and battle mode, and I felt, you know, I was right, and free to say what I want to say."
Although the Dixie Chicks have not released new music together since 2006, the country trio still tours together and reunite occasionally.
