Top 40 Keith Urban Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I don’t want to impress, I want to inspire.”

— Keith Urban

2. “Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.”

— Keith Urban

3. “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.”

— Keith Urban

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4. “Days go by I can feel ’em flying like a hand out the window in the wind!”

— Keith Urban

5. “Everybody needs somebody sometimes.”

— Keith Urban

6. “If it’s a real dream it’s uncrushable.”

— Keith Urban

7. “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.”

— Keith Urban

8. “The only place that I wanna be is where you are, cause any more than a heartbeat away is just too far.”

— Keith Urban

9. “I’m a little more comfortable in that role. I love being in the studio.”

— Keith Urban

10. “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.”

— Keith Urban

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

— Keith Urban

12. “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.”

— Keith Urban

13. “Let water wash our bodies clean, and love wash our souls.”

— Keith Urban

14. “There’s no soul in perfection.”

— Keith Urban

15. “Raw is a good place for an artist. It’s where the truth comes out.”

— Keith Urban

16. “If I knew what I was doing, I’d be doing it right now. I would be the best damn poet, silver words out of my mouth. My words might not be magic, but they cut straight to the truth. So if you need a lover and a friend, baby, I’m in.”

— Keith Urban

17. “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.”

— Keith Urban

18. “She laid her heart and soul right in your hands And you stole her every dream and crushed her plans She never even knew she had a choice And that’s what happens when the only voice she hears is telling her she can’t You stupid boy.”

— Keith Urban

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

— Keith Urban

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

— Keith Urban

21. “I’m letting go of all my lonely yesterdays, I’ve forgiven myself for the mistakes I’ve made, now there’s just one thing, the only thing I wanna do. I wanna love somebody, love somebody like you.”

— Keith Urban

22. “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!”

— Keith Urban

23. “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!”

— Keith Urban

24. “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.”

— Keith Urban

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

— Keith Urban

26. “Sometimes I just cry at random stuff!”

— Keith Urban

27. “I tend to write better when I’m not touring.”

— Keith Urban

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

— Keith Urban

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

— Keith Urban

30. “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.”

— Keith Urban

31. “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.”

— Keith Urban

32. “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.”

— Keith Urban

33. “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.”

— Keith Urban

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

— Keith Urban

35. “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.”

— Keith Urban

36. “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!”

— Keith Urban

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

— Keith Urban

38. “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.”

— Keith Urban

39. “I truly believe Brad is from another planet – not sure where, but he is otherworldly gifted. His dexterity, fluidity, and precision are extraordinary – and in addition to these shaving techniques, he’s also not a bad guitar player. Just for the record, Brad has never actually asked me to start a band, and frankly that hurts!”

— Keith Urban

40. “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.”

— Keith Urban

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

— Keith Urban

42. “I love the beginnings of artists when all they’ve got is raw talent and nothing else.”

— Keith Urban

43. “My father’s record collection was all country. That’s how I was exposed to it.”

— Keith Urban

44. “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.”

— Keith Urban