Digital Dish Diva says: Emily, and Amy, welcome to MSN Live!
Indigo Girls say: We're glad you're here, now more than ever.
Meg_from_North_GA in Onstage1 asks: Hey Girls, how ya'll doing tonight. Are you tired?
Indigo Girls say: (laughs) Yes! But thanks for thinking of us.
luisa_76 in Onstage3 asks: "Become You" (the album) reminds me of U2's "All that you can't leave behind" in that it's more mature, and the songwriting style is more laid back. Do you all agree? Both are killer albums!
Amy Ray says: I'm flattered. I have heard that record about 3 times so I don't know how to compare it.
Emily Salier says: I haven't heard that record, but to be compared to U2 is definitely flattering. Our music is mature. So thanks for picking up on that.
truthfulmuse in Onstage1 asks: Your ability to balance and combine your differing music styles is a major part of what makes your music unique. Do you think this will also cause you to do more individual exploration, musically speaking, such as Amy did with her album "Stag"?
Amy Ray says: Yes. I think that part of the thing that keeps us from stagnating and becoming resting on our past laurels because we go out and seek new people to play with and give that to the group, share with the group. It's also for me becoming a better musician and that makes Indigo Girls better I think.
RevolutionarySpirit in Onstage3 asks: What new songs have the most personal meaning to each of you, and were any of them difficult emotionally to write?
Emily Salier says: I always find songs difficult to write. They're all emotional and during the writing process for me I go around feeling like an open wound trying to bring things to the surface. The songs that most come to mind for me personally are "Deconstruction" and "Our Deliverance." We've been playing "Our Deliverance" live a lot and wanting peace and bringing everyone closer together. And without taking up the whole page to articulate it, that song is very poignant to me.
Amy Ray says: I think for me "Nuevas Senoritas." It wasn't that hard to write but was the most personal as far as stirring up images and emotions because I wrote it for a group of different indigenous women activists that have sacrificed so much. So when we play that song, we don't play it that often, I think of it in the spirit of those women that died as mentors.
nola_luvs_nyc in Onstage1 asks: 9/11 obviously changed the world as we know it irrevocably. As fans, we know how committed you both are to sociological and ecological issues. How have those issues changed for you both post 9/11?
Emily Salier says: I haven't really changed my point of view. Just 9/11 brought issues closer to home. For me emotionally it was a stronger response to violence and a more impassioned prayer for peace and just a stronger belief that we all take part in what we all do in the world. Like the large dysfunctional communities and nations. So I feel stronger about working for peace.
Amy Ray says: I feel similar to that. I basically made any issues I was working on more important to me. Especially in the environmental sector, when you're getting rid of nuclear bombs and trying to get people to consume less. So I think if you want to be patriotic right now you should drive less. I think Bush should have said that instead of flying a flag, buy a car with better gas mileage. I feel the same way Emily does about working toward a better world.
sophiedrx in Onstage3 asks: Is it very difficult to learn harmonica, Amy?
Amy Ray says: Well for me it is. (laughs) Although I have to say I have gone along faster than I thought I would. I literally just picked it up, learned the part and played it on stage the next day. I'm not a natural like some people are, so yes.
IRELAND7272 in Onstage1 asks: Emily, thanks for turning me onto Virginia Woolf. What's a must read?
Emily Salier says: "To The Lighthouse" and "The Collected Letters of Virginia Woolf."
WorldFallsIG in Onstage1 asks: Thanks Amy and Emily for taking the time to chat with us. When will you have your summer tour dates up on your site? I need to make my vacation plans soon. I have to schedule a flight to Indiana to take my 5 year old niece to your show.
Amy Ray says: I don't know. We already have a lot of dates planned for June and July, so I imagine pretty soon.
Emily Salier says: We tend not to post them until the dates get closer, so as soon as we know them for sure, we'll post them.
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