Such is the case withTim McGraw, who recently commented about a song that bears his name.
He didn’t write it, but the artist who did would eventually become a fellow superstar.
McGraw was already a member of country music royalty when teenTaylor Swiftpenned “Tim McGraw.”

The ballad mourns a lost summer love with a memorable soundtrack.
When you think Tim McGraw/I hope you think of me."
Then host Alecia Davis asked him about Swift’s tribute.

“I mean, I thought it was a good song,” he began.
Does that mean I’ve jumped the shark a bit?
Is everything still cool?'"
“I felt a little bit better about that because she was so young writing it.
So I didn’t feel that I was that terribly old (viaYouTube).
“I was just sitting there, and I started humming this melody.”
The rest was music history.