The members of The Chicks are happy to thoughtfully discuss serious issues, as befits a groundbreaking country-music group that has triumphed over intense adversity.
But Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire are just as happy to gleefully crack jokes and poke fun at each other. And that's exactly what they did recently, in between discussing serious issues, during an interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Here are excerpts from the lighter-hearted moments of that conversation.