Toby Keith is one of the top-drawing country stars in the industry right now, so you'd think he would have nominations (and awards) up the wazoo by the Country Music Association, but he's got a big goose egg, even after drawing more than any other country star last year. On top of that, the #2 and #3 ranked acts, Rascal Flatts and Tim McGraw. Toby pretty much snapped about it.
It's completely ridiculous. Know this: They can't fix it for me. Nothing's going to change on my end. That went away a long time ago. I got kicked in the beans a long time ago. I can forgive a lot, but I don't ever forget. There's some people in there that didn't have anything to do with it running [the CMA] now, but there's always going to be some people around there that had something to do with it. And they can all kiss my ass, because I am not a player. But I hope that we don't go down in vain, that at least it will help somebody in the future. It doesn't help our industry to have politics in it, you know? It doesn't help our industry to let our fans go, 'What in the hell?' You wouldn't believe how many FCMA signs you see at my shows. My fans hate the CMA. They won't support it. They won't watch their show. And they hold up signs and T-shirts all the time that have the letters FCMA on them.
How are you one of the most popular entertainers in your genre, and get NO nominations. Not to mention he had a total of 25 nominations between 2002 and 2004 and didn't win ONE award. I smell conspiracy.
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