Tim McGraw has spent almost 35 years as part of country music. He also is one of the few artists who have managed to have hits at radio for his entire career. So it may be surprising that there McGraw says there is still a lot he wants to learn.
“I just try to be better today,” the 58-year-old says. “Do the next best thing to be a better person than you were yesterday, and work harder today than you did yesterday. And try to move forward, and try to learn. In this business or in life, I think when you stop paying attention and stop learning, then you stop moving forward.
“That’s why, when I’m on tour,” he adds, “I always go out and catch the opening acts, ’cause you never know where you’re gonna learn something. And you always gotta learn.”
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Tim McGraw Still Wants To Do More As An Entertainer
McGraw has done far more than most in country music, but there is still a lot he wants to do.
“I like being busy. I like working,” McGraw says. “Gosh, I feel like I’m just hitting my stride. I feel like I got a lot of work to do, and a lot of things to do. And I just love what I’m doing. I feel like I’m in a good spot. I feel like I’m getting better at my craft, and I just love making music and love being in studio recording. I never take it for granted. I’ve been very fortunate. My career has outdone all of my expectations. It’s more than I could ever hope for.”
After starring with his wife, Faith Hill, in 1883, a spinoff from Yellowstone, McGraw says he is ready to return to TV again.
“1883 was the first TV series that I had done, and Faith had done,” McGraw says. “Movies are a little quicker for sure, but 1883, Faith and I both joke that it was the hardest job we’ve ever had, period, in our lives. And I grew up in a farm town working on farms and driving tractors, and pulling coffee weeds out of rice fields. So I did some hard labor growing up. And we were shooting 1883 for six months, sometimes six days a week, 14 hours a day on horseback and terrible weather conditions – either burning hot or freezing cold.
“It was a lot of hard work, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” he adds. “But we had such a great time and it was a great experience for Faith and I together, and I would love to do another Western somewhere down the road.”
McGraw will headline several shows in Las Vegas next month. He is also reportedly working on a new album.