Keith Urban eschews the tiny tattoo trend, opting instead for sizeable and bold works of art. One of his most visible pieces is a tribal-inspired sleeve covering his left arm. Lower down is a phoenix that takes up the majority of his forearm. The mythological meaning behind the creature is all about "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." For Urban, this concept hits home. "I've always loved symbolism and mythology, the symbolism of the phoenix being something that succumbs to the challenges and burns in the fire, but then is resurrected from the ashes and rises up even stronger than before," Urban told Women's Wear Daily.
When Urban rocks his signature V-necks, you can see yet another tribal-inspired tat: a blazing sun on the left side of his chest, which Ellen DeGeneres famously mocked on her show in the form of a cologne commercial spoof (via YouTube). Don't worry — he was in on the joke!
The tattoos that are less obvious but just as massive include an eagle and the word "love." "I got an eagle because I was in America," he told The Boot. "I had just been spending time here, I was single and I thought, 'It's my birthday; I want to give myself a cool gift. I thought the eagle just seemed perfect. It was American, I had my freedom, and it was something that would be on this journey with me for my whole life."
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