Keith Urban Quotes

Everyday I see a little more of my father in me.

I don't want to impress, I want to inspire.

I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does.

From the cradle to the grave, temptations all around. But no matter how good the fix, its gonna take you down.

It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone.

You changed my life. You changed my ways. I don't even recognize myself these days. It must be a reflection of you, only you.

Since I was a kid I just wanted to be in Nashville.

I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.

If it's a real dream it's uncrushable.

Life is about holding on and letting go.

I don't swear much; I've taken those words out of my vocabulary, and having kids, you have to have two sets of language!

Raw is a good place for an artist. It's where the truth comes out.

When you put your arms around me, You let me know there's nothing in this world I can't do

I make no apologies for being a huge fan of radio songs.

There's no soul in perfection.

Once we get into the groove, we're kind of like long-distance runners - that adrenalin kicks in for me and I just keep running - and I don't stop!

I love the beginnings of artists when all they've got is raw talent and nothing else.

It's not the case of turning in a bunch of songs and recording the next month. I think you're looking for songs all year long and you're writing all year long.

Everybody needs somebody sometimes.

My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it.

Country seems to be finding a bigger audience. Certainly an audience out of the general country scene is finding me.

A song like 'Once in a Lifetime' is inspired by my marriage - it's a good, life-changing happening in my life. I think when you find your once-in-a-lifetime love, that's what everybody's looking for.

I've always been a pretty private, quiet kind of person and so I haven't had to change my life really at all, I don't think.

Sometimes I just cry at random stuff!

I tend to write better when I'm not touring.

Being with my family is very important to me, and touring is very important to me, too, because it's who I am. It's what I do.

I'm a little more comfortable in that role. I love being in the studio.

It's something I've always loved doing. I'm not one of the artists who comes in and just does my bit. I'm there every second of every day. That's my hands-on situation.

The world is getting so reality-driven these days. It seems to be accelerating exponentially. But it's a dangerous game for a lot of people.

Getting on the bus and touring was my life. And when that was not around, I felt myself a bit lost at times, because that was all I had.

Take your records, take you freedom, take your memories, I dont need 'em. And take your cat, and leave my sweater, cause we've got nothing left to weather.

Nothing like seeing the genesis of the relationship between an instrument and a child.

And now you've lost the only thing that ever made you feel alive.

I've never wanted to name an album from a song title if I could avoid it because I like it to be a body of work.

At the end of the day, the Grammys are about recognizing genres that are making an impact.

I always wish I'd had more mentors, better mentors, wiser mentors, people who were proper professional working musicians to guide me as I was coming up.

You go through life experiences. Each record captures a different turning point in my life.

Youre always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully theyre all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadnt done on the first one.

Days go by I can feel 'em flying like a hand out the window in the wind!

Let water wash our bodies clean, and love wash our souls.

Day after day you find a way to make this grown man cry.

It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone..

..And now you've lost the only thing that ever made you feel alive