Carrie Underwood On Country Woman Icons: ‘We’re All Standing On Their Shoulders’
Carrie Underwood may have won the ACM’s Entertainer of the Year last week in Nashville, but that doesn’t necessarily put her in the category of the women she said tribute to on the ACM Awards Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, Reba, Loretta Lynn – according to her.
After winning the big honor of the night along with Thomas Rhett, Carrie told press via Zoom backstage, “Tonight with me getting to honor some of the women… we’re all standing on their shoulders. I don’t think I could ever look at myself like (those women). I feel like a tourist still. I’m waiting for the day that people figure me out and leave me behind. I will never look at myself the way that anybody should look at those women. I’m always really glad to hear when people like what I do.”
Underwood added, “This is the most unusual awards show I’ve been to, but I think everybody did such a good job and came together to celebrate music, and it’s that thing where everybody’s trying to figure out what we do in a different way. A big night for sure. You can’t have too much of a good thing, so I would always love to see more women. We’ve been taking steps in the right direction — which is really nice to see.”
See Carrie pay tribute to country music’s woman icons below.
