Just thought you all might enjoy this excerpt from Hazel Smith's current "Hot Dish" column on the CMT website. She sure loves Vince!

"Nobody on this earth is perfect. We all have faults, some bigger than others. Drug addicts, alcoholics, thieves, overeaters, robbers, cheaters, gossipers, liars ... there's one in every crowd. On every street corner. In every movie theater. In every barroom. On every church pew.

Which is worse? Well, I'd wager the worst would be the one in somebody else's family -- not our own family. All of us have our own short list of those who are perfect, usually topped by our very own flesh and blood. Such is the case with me, except for the fact that I do always call him -- with a small "h" -- plumb perfect Vince Gill. That's because he sings like an angel, writes like David wrote Psalms, plays a guitar as good as anybody on the planet and has a good, kind, helping and loving heart.

Yes, Vince is an exception to the rule. Vince is right up at the top of my totem pole mingled with family. Most folks will agree with me that Vince is the most beloved person in all of country music. I've never been to his house and he's never been to mine, but I've been to his heart. I've seen and heard of kindness he has shown to those less fortunate, and I believe in my heart of hearts that Vince is blessed and is a blessing to others because it is his nature to be the way he is. It's of my opinion that God made Vince the way he is. "

I could have written that article . I have always said that Vince has a gift from God and is a gift from God .

Wow!! That is awesome! Thanks for posting it.

WOW! Ms. Smith really says it all, doesn't she? How nice to be able to express oneself so eloquently, and don't we all agree with her!!! I'm pretty sure if Vince sees this, he will have that "awshucks!" look on his face! Kay

How well she put into words how we all feel about Vince. I also believe Vince has so many gifts, and is a gift from God to us.

She is certainly a writer that I always enjoy reading! He is a wonderful human as we all know!

Hazel always has good things to say about Vince.

What a wonderful article! Hazel has always loved Vince and always has nice, kind words for him. I think we all agree with what she has to say about Vince; we know he's not perfect, but he sure has a lot of great qualities and what's so fantastic about that is that he KNOWS he's blessed and that God was behind those blessings.