Garth Brooks: The Anniversary Gift He Declined From His Wife

When Garth Brooks talks about his wife, Trisha Yearwood, the guy gets emotional every time. Yesterday (6/15), Garth told us about a sweet gift Trisha gave him for his anniversary, which he declined. Brooks said, "She was sweet enough for our anniversary last year to have the documents where her official last name was Brooks, which is really cool. It's a great gift. I declined it."

He added, "Jack Yearwood had two daughters; that Yearwood name is Trisha. So, I'd be fine changing my name to Yearwood. Tradition doesn't count here. What counts is when you have two celebrities, don't let one swallow the other, right?"

Garth knows his wife's fortune can also come in handy in a pinch at a show. He said, "So I'm really, really lucky because, the Vegas residency, for example, she's with us a lot, and if you're out there dying and it's a one-man show, all I gotta do is say. 'Ladies and gentlemen, Trisha Yearwood,' and you'd be amazed how it just changes."

It isn't just his wife that impresses him; it is the power that women have in general. He told us, "The power the strength that females have. I think we need that. They also have a really good sensibility. I don't know if you know this; I ask for female songs." (What Brooks means by this is he tells publishers when finding songs to record that he wants songs only pitched to women singers.) He noted, "I'll find a way to make it a male song, but what it says, it is done in a really nice way."

Garth concluded of his wife of almost eighteen years, "Man, I don't even know how to say this; you're talking to Trisha Yearwood right now. She is so much in here (points to himself), and I like myself a lot better with her in here. She's a good egg. She class, and she's all the stuff I never could be. She's in everything."