tori quotes from the stage...

October 3, 2001
Nashville, Tennessee

Hey everybody. How's it going? So um, is my brother here? [woman in audience says, "yeah"] Is he here? Is my cousin here? How's it going? So did you bring your apple butter? [woman in audience says, "no"] I love your apple butter. It's a big hit with the crew, you know. They like all that. Um, anyway, it's good to see you guys again, it's um, so magic being in this place, huh? So um, my uncle Woody used to say to me, like, when I was little, and um, they lived in this part of Virginia, in the hills, you know, where Tennessee connects with Virgina. You know what I'm talking about? That little place. It's called, um, Galax. And um, but it's in the mountains, they call it Pennywinkle. And he used to look at me and he would say, "You ain't nothin' until you play the Grand Old Opry." And so, anyway.. So I used to take walks there with my dad, in the snow. And um, as I get older I really.. remember those walks...

[begins Winter...]