I don't think people really dug me playing a character that was so opposite of me. In fact, most speakers agreed that country acts who find a pop audience are good for the business as a whole. It stifles creativity. He was a rebel. Paisley began the discussion by defining what he believes country music is.
Pop music focuses on the record, country music on the song.
While agreeing with Paisley about the primacy of lyrics in country music, Raye differed about the sound. Raye contrasted country's music emphasis on coherent lyrics with the relative unimportance of this feature in pop music. I don't think even John Lennon knew. But it's a great record. She counseled record and radio executives to pay closer heed to their consumers as they create and program music.