just had to be because she was being true to herself. he really diversified her sound which was not only a way for her to expand her song writing overall but also a way to gain a new audience. in truth, taylor swift s style, the songs were personal and focused on a recent string of rocky romances. red is a break up album so songs like i knew you were trouble. we are never ever getting back together so quintessential taylor swift songs of taking the heart breaks from her relationships and putting a great hook behind them and turning them into huge pop hits. the album s lead single was an instant success. we are never ever ever getting back to together becoming swift s first song to
lucky you she wrote it the day she learned how to play guitar. if you listen to that song it is very characteristic of the way that taylor will write songs. it s about not fitting in at school. about being the outsider. turning hurts into hits would become her trade mark. when you re 15 and you re first kiss makes your head spin around coming up, taylor s unstoppable request for fame. the swift family sells the farm. her dad said, well, we re going. i said oh, yeah where are you going. he said nashville. i said how long are you going for? he said the rest of our lives. i said, what?
deal which she walked away from a year later. she had a collection of songs that she really wanted to get out there and rca didn t think that she was ready. she landed here nashville s blue bird cafe, the place for aspi aspiring singer/song writers. she was heart and signed by a music executive about to start his own company. taylor s first single, tim mcgraw dropped in june of 2006. it was from her debut album taylor swift. my album is selling like freakishly amounts i can t even believe the way that it s selling right now. and he says the single our song went to
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[ 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.