Shania Twain on Women in Country Music Today: "What Women?"

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"What is women ?!", joked the singer "It does not impress me much", before noticing that she "was bored" of country music at the moment.

"We have too much similarity right now. I'm a little tired and I want to pick it up. The only way to do that is to be proactive, "she explained. "I wanted a show that, when you talk about diversity, includes diversity of genres, diversity of styles, diversity of lifestyles."

Twain also spoke of the lack of women on the radio.

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"We are not making progress on the radio, but we are taking very modest and consistent steps to raise awareness of the lack of women on national radio," she added.

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"It does not matter how old you are," she said. "I'm fed up with everything that is ageist as well as sexist. This [show] is wide open. Use your talents if you are good enough. I do not care what you are, as long as you are a human being. "

"When I first came to country music, the limits were way too close for me and it was difficult for me," she added. "There are a lot of artists who are intimidated by what they think of country music. … I want to show them that there are no limits.

Despite his grievances regarding the current situation of the industry, Twain congratulated country music fans. "Who I am as an artist, songwriter, as an interpreter is completely irrelevant," she said. "But the fans are not close minded.

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