Originally Posted by Mike Halloran
I was talking to one of her many "collaborators" in Nashville a few years ago who said, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith paid a lot of money for their daughter, Taylor, to be a star." I then asked if she actually co-wrote (___) to which she replied, "She may have been in the room."

I think her parents got a nice return on their investment.

From the earliest part of her career to today, people have demeaned, condescended to, insulted, or flat-out stated Taylor Swift was a no-talent. Think of Kanye West ruining her moment when she was picking up a Grammy.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about what you call Taylor Swift's "collaborators"
“In Nashville, Swift worked with experienced Music Row songwriters such as Troy Verges, Brett Beavers, Brett James, Mac McAnally, and the Warren Brothers and formed a lasting working relationship with Liz Rose. They began meeting for two-hour writing sessions every Tuesday afternoon after school. Rose called the sessions "some of the easiest I've ever done. Basically, I was just her editor. She'd write about what happened in school that day. She had such a clear vision of what she was trying to say. And she'd come in with the most incredible hooks."

Swift always wrote about her own life. Other people didn't invent the things that happened in her life, they helped her craft her work into better songs. What her parents did, God bless em', was to move to Tennessee, so that could happen.

People were so relentlessly hating on Taylor Swift that she didn't write her songs, that she wrote all the songs in her third album, "Speak Now," by herself.

Why do some people feel the need to put Taylor Swift down? I'll never understand it. Good thing that Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and many other legends think she is a great songwriter.

Last edited by Tiger The Frog; 11/27/24 05:36 AM.
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