Exactly, I like to imagine it with our senses.

In order to see something lightwaves had to have interacted with the objects we see.

In order to hear something objects had to have moved or interacted in a way to produce changes of air pressure.

In order to smell something an object had to have "lost" some of its molecules into the air.

Well, and touching and tasting are kinda obvious, your body has to directly interact with an object.