Lainey Wilson Shares Words Of Wisdom From Keith Urban

Author Lauren Hoffman

November 10th, 2023 1:14 PM

Lainey Wilson was our guest host this week on Shawn Parr’s Backstage Country. She is also the newest recipient of the CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year.

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Host Shawn Parr dissected Wilson’s incredible rise to stardom along with the release of her now CMA Award-winning album, Bell Bottom Country, and so much more.

Although it can seem like absolute chaos while on tour and living life in the public eye, it’s more important than ever to the country star to make room on the calendar for “me time.”

“You have to make the time for that. Because the truth is, I wouldn’t be able to write the kind of music that I’m writing and putting out music that people can relate to and connect to. If I’m not living somewhat of a normal life,” Wilson told Parr.

Before joining us in the studio, Wilson just so happened to also receive some words of wisdom from a man who was named CMA Award Entertainer of the Year in both 2005 and 2018.

Keith’s words of wisdom

That man out in the hall was none other than Mr. Keith Urban. Wilson revealed that “He said something that I’ll never forget. ‘No whining on the yacht.'”

“You worked hard for these years, and I’ve prayed for these years. I mean, my family has prayed for me for these years, and it’s happening and it’s here and it’s hard, but it’s incredible. People would kill to be in this position and be able to do this. So I don’t take it lightly at all,” Wilson said.

Wilson went on to tell Parr, “And the truth is, folks like him, they’ve been around for so long, they have done something right to just to still be in the game. I want to have a career like that; I don’t want to go anywhere. I know it’s not going to always look like this, but I ain’t coming down any time soon.”

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The CMA Entertainer of the Year will hit the road in 2024 for her headlining “Country’s Cool Again Tour,” kicking things off at the Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 31. Wilson is bringing along special guests Jackson Dean, Zach Top, and Ian Munsick on select dates.

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6 Keith Urban Music Videos Everyone Needs To See

"One Too Many" Keith with Pink (2020)
The video begins with shots of various wreckage bobbing along the water’s surface, including a guitar, a telephone, sheet music, and other items. Urban is out on the water, using a bobbing sofa as a life raft as he floats along. Then, back on shore, Pink sits alone on the beach, looking out to sea. Keith said of Pink when the song came out, “I’ve always loved Pink’s voice, but her artistry and her multi-faceted ability to create, and her God-given talent, truly makes her one of the greatest voices of our time.”
"The Fighter" Keith with Carrie Underwood (2017)
This duet with Carrie Underwood was a massive hit for Urban in 2017. The two also sang it together on a couple of award shows that year. The video which shows him and Underwood singing together while a young woman, who looks a lot like Carrie but is not, dances around. This video is one of his biggest ones and has over 1.2 million views on YouTube.
"The Fighter" - Viral Video with wife Nicole Kidman (2017)
To promote his song “The Fighter” in 2017, Keith playfully joins his wife Nicole Kidman in their car while the song plays, and they sing it together. Urban has said the song was written about his relationship with Nicole. That video, which was shot on a phone that sat on the dashboard, has been viewed over ten million times. It starts with Kidman saying when she hears the guitar intro, “Oh my gosh, I love this song!”
"But For The Grace Of God" - (1999)
This was one of Keith’s first official music videos and it’s from his first number-one song. The video shows a very young and handsome Urban sitting in a house and singing the song’s lyrics in front of a fireplace. He also walks down a city street at night.
"Wild Hearts" - (2022)
This video really captures the feel of the song (which Keith co-wrote). He said to fans on Instagram when it came out, “To all of the lost ones who aren’t really lost ones, this song is for you. We are WILD HEARTS!” Urban told us of the song, “I’m here to tell you anything can happen in this life if you got the heart and the passion and a God-lit fire inside.”
"Somebody Like You" - (2002)
This song is what Keith says was the turning point in his career when it shot to number one on the country charts in 2002. He said, “‘Somebody Like You’ was one of the most important songs for me that happened and, to a large degree, just sent my career into a whole different speed in a really wonderful way.” The video for the song is also visually stunning, showing Urban playing guitar and banjo and singing in the wild while the sun glares through his silhouette.