Quotes from Keith Urban

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

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

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!

There are certain songs that are sacred. People want to hear them just as they are in their head; they don't want you messing around with them. And then there are some other songs, if they've been around a long time in our set list, that I think we can take some creative liberties with.

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.

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

I think there's just so many people in the world that don't feel understood, and when you hear a song and you go, 'Oh, that song understands me,' that's an amazing feeling. I get it when I listen to the radio... That's a beautiful part of music.

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.

So what made you think you could just take a life and push it around? I guess to build yourself up so high, you had to take her, and break her down.

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.

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

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