[ applause ] >> it helps that she has bruce springsteen's song writing skills. >> taylor is one of the greatest song writers ever to put a pencil to a paper. >> many nashville artists agree. >> i go back to the song 15 that she wrote. what a knock down lyric that is. first time i heard her sing it it was a little writers night in new york city several years ago. she sang it and i went -- gosh. she hits 15 and vince is going wow and trisha is like holy cow listen to this lyric coming out of this girl. ♪ ♪ >> john rich co-wrote this song with taylor swift after she called him out of the blue. >> said yeah, come on over and she pulls that guitar out and has some words already down. she starts tearing this song the way i loved you. i said damn, that's great.