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.”

Tim McGraw smiling in baseball cap

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.

Taylor Swift posing in black and white at NME Awards

“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.