Thats how I see you Urban was stunned.
When the performance ended, Urban and his wife, Nicole Kidman, were supposed to go backstage.
I said to Nic, I cant go back there.
“The records I’ve made that I’ve been the happiest with are the ones that just have that sort of free-flowing thing about them,” Urban says.Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Weve got to go.
We went outside, sat in the car, and I bawled like a baby.
Man, he hit some nerve in me.
I couldnt go backstage.
Man, this fucking song just poured out of me, he says.
What she is now, she was that, when she was opening for me, Urban says.
Her vision was way off into the future… She sees where shes going to be, crystal clear.
And what I love about Taylor is she was always willing to confront her inabilities and work on them.
She worked on being a better singer.
She worked on being a better performer.
She was always a great writer.
She worked on all of it… got better and better and better.
The first time I saw that was when Peter Frampton toured with Bowie on the Glass Spider Tour.
I remember thinking, thats so cool.
He doesnt have to do any of the press, no meet and greets.
He just stands up there and plays guitar all night.
Thatd be fun as hell.
Ive definitely harbored a desire to do that at some point in my life.
Just go out and tour as a guitar player in somebodys band.
I would love it.
I know it would improve my playing exponentially if I didnt have to run around!
And I went, What about laughing all the way to the drank?
And then off we went writing the song.
I think Lanas album is of most interest to me, he says.
George Jones didnt wear one.
Charley Pride didnt wear one.
Merle Haggard didnt wear one.
Glenn Campbell didnt wear one.
Ill keep going down the list!
He did give it a shot, in private, when he first moved to Nashville.
I tried a couple of hats quietly at home in my bedroom.
Im not that guy.
I gotta gotta be who I am.
