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“Luxury of Knowing” is a different kind of song than you’ve recorded before, but much of what gets released to the radio has a signature sound that people instantly associate with you.
“Well, you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t. You’re either called ‘consistent’ or ‘same as the last record,’ so which is it? I make the music that is coming out of me, without questioning it. I think about Paul McCartney saying, ‘You’d think people have had enough of silly love songs,’ but that’s what I write about. I write about where I am in my life, and now in my life and my marriage there’s a vibrant energy.”
How do you handle awards shows? You’re up for big prizes at the CMA Awards.
“I really care, and really don’t care, all at once. It’s exciting, and it’s nice to get recognition. But after any awards show, what I’m most excited about is the next day, to get back onstage quickly and get back to playing.”
Did you set out to make Get Closer a theme album?
“No, if there’s a theme it tends to emerge in the studio. In this case, there’s a line in ‘Right On Back To You’ that says, ‘Instead of running, I know it’s when I should hold you closer,’ and that sums up the whole record. I wanted to cover aspects of what it means to get closer in a relationship, and why it’s important. The epiphany for me in my own relationship was recognizing that the exact moment I want to turn and run is when I should move in closer.”
And that’s not your instinct?
“My instinct is of protection. I’m terrified of getting hurt, and that’s why I run. I don’t want to have intimacy, because I’m terrified that I’ll be disappointed, discarded, hurt. I’ve lived most of my life half-in and half-out, and when I met Nic that changed. She’s the first that made me ask the question, ‘Do I have the courage to love?’ I’d never asked that before, and I’d never had a very good answer, other than, ‘No.’ But now, I’m 100 percent in, with no exit strategy.”
Is having a child a part of that?
“Yeah, for sure. It pours a new purpose for me. It’s been an enlightening experience for me to be more selfless. When I was single, it was all about me, and that was not a fulfilling experience. I haven’t had a sense of being full and whole when the world has been about me. When I’ve given myself to my wife and my daughter, I’ve felt full.”
2010年11月08日 01点11分
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keith对nic和sunday的爱溢于言表啊!!!!
2010年11月08日 01点11分
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