Quotes from Keith Urban

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!

It can get a little costly if you try and leave it until then to write songs. But you're writing all the time. You're collecting songs. I've had songs that have been collected over a two-year period for my next record.

You're always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully they're all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadn't done on the first one.

I think everybody has different priorities in their life. People live their lives differently. People become famous through all sorts of different reasons... some of it through art and some of it through just wanting to be famous. And I think how that all starts tends to reflect how you live your life daily.

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.

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.

Red carpets are pretty unpredictable. You can go from one person asking you what you're wearing to the next person asking you about the situation in Haiti. It's the extreme juxtaposition, and some of the questions can throw me!

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

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.

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.

Life is about holding on and letting go.

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

The records in the house I really remember were, well, Glen Campbell's 'Wichita Lineman' and 'Galveston.' Even as a kid, I knew these songs were glorious. My dad also had records by Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, and then there was also the Eagles and Don Henley. Anything Texas, which includes Don Henley, was big.

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

Sometimes I just cry at random stuff!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.