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Revolutionary -
a Bethany Dillon fansite
"When the morning comes and Your mercy is renewed, there's a fire in my bones - I'm not afraid to go alone. You're all I need. The sun on my face - I hear you whisper loud. You're still the God that opens seas - every flower, even me. You're all I need."
Bethany Dillon - 'All I Need'
MQ: What do you do in your free time?
BD: Free time...wow...what is that? No..when we are home... we live in the country and we live in a very small town. We live in between a bean field and a corn field and it's pretty amazing. We have a lot of family where we live. We're very plugged into our church. There is a Super Wal-Mart and everybody hangs out there. Entertainment is scarce where we are so we kind of learn how to just hang out on the front porch.
MQ: Cool...I can understand...
BD: (laughing) We're not hicks...we just like the simple things! I should have straw in my tooth or something while I'm talking...
all: laughing
MQ: ...there's your niche.
BD: Exactly.
MQ: What do you believe your spiritual gifts are? Do you feel you have a passion for music or is this just something you're focusing on doing now? Do you see yourself doing this for a while?
BD: People have said since I am starting young...they say 'Dude, like in twenty years you may still be around cause you'll be thirty five by then.' I don't know if I want to be in music for the rest of my life. Whatever God decides. Right now this is definitely the season for it. I feel like someday I want to be married and have a family. I want to do missions work. I have a lot of dreams.
MQ: So you're out on tour right now?
BD: ...with Shane and Shane. I'm going on tour with new artist Starfield and Shawn McDonald in May and June.
MQ: On tour, what is your set like? Is it acoustic?
BD: It's acoustic right now. The tours that we're on are kind of 'rootsy'. Shane and Shane are very acoustic driven. We're going to be on tour with Bebo and of course, that is so acoustic. It's just more comfortable. I just love the kind of 'chill' feel about it.
MQ: Have you done very many shows? Are there any that stand out so far?
BD: Yeah. I've done a couple of shows that were different. Ok - funny story.... I was playing in Oklahoma with Matthew West this past winter and I was introducing 'Beautiful' and I was just like 'You know, sometimes I don't feel beautiful... I just feel like...a little ugly....and I compare myself to other people.' 
I was just kind of talking about that and this guy that is my dad's age with this huge cowboy hat on and boots in the front said, 'Well, you're alright!' And everybody was like 'Yeah - yeah,' and they all stood up and started clapping and saying, 'You're beautiful.' I said, 'No, I'm not depressed! I'm not depressed - I promise.' Like - all these moms are crying and they're like, 'Oh, the poor girl.' There have been a lot of good shows, that's just one that stands out.
MQ: Shifting gears here a bit...a factor these days is technology and how it's affecting music creation, production, and distribution. Do you have any comments - positive or negative - on how you see technology influencing music?
BD: You mean like all the CD burning, downloading, and stuff like that?
MQ: yeah...
BD: I think...simply it's wrong to steal music and burn CDs, but I know people that do that. It's kind of like...you don't blame them because they are not in this world everyday and they don't see the faces of people that are getting fired or companies that are being merged because there is not enough money...you know, things like that. I wouldn't blame them but I think it's just part of respecting somebody's creation and supporting it. I think that's the heart of it. I think mostly it's like, ' I'm going to buy the CD because I believe in this artist and I've heard that it's wrong.'