Taylor’s Bio

  • Taylor's Favorite Things

    Taylor’s Favorite Things
    Color: White. I know, boring (but, now, think a flowing white cotton skirt blowing in the wind)
    Food: Cheesecake – yum.
    Holiday: Christmas
    Hobby: Driving FAST.
    Place: Anyplace around a creek.
    Season: Summer
    Thing to do: Write songs
    Thing to write about: LOVE of course!
    Guitar: Taylor Guitars
    Artists: Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw
    Song: “Can’t Tell Me Nothin’” by Tim McGraw
    Quality in other people : Honesty and sarcasm
    Movie: “Love Actually”
    Memory: Living on a farm.

  • Getting personal with Taylor Swift

    1. What’s on your iPod?

    Omigosh! I have a million songs on my iPod. My iPod is full of everything: Ingrid Michaelson, Matt Carney, the Dixie Chicks, Rascal Flatts … and then I have Kanye West and Eminem. My musical taste is all over the place.

    2. What was your first job?

    I was a signed Sony songwriter, for Sony ATV Publishing, when I was 14. I was one of their house songwriters.

    3. What’s the last good movie you saw?

    I Am Legend. I was really impressed with how Will Smith could carry the whole movie by himself. It was basically a one-person movie.

    4. If you weren’t a country singer, what would you be doing?

    I would be in some sort of criminal investigation process, Homeland Security or something like that.

    5. What TV show must you always watch?

    I don’t have a regular schedule so I never have a regular TV show. But I’ll be obsessed with certain DVD’s at certain times. The last one I was just obsessed with was Grey’s Anatomy.

    - Bruce DeMara

  • Biography

    Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989), grew up on a farm in Wyomissing, Pa. Inspired by her maternal grandmother, a professional opera singer, Taylor took up singing early in life. At 10, she began performing around town at karaoke contests, festivals and county fairs, and even recording rough demos at a studio. At age 11, she performed the national anthem at a Philadelphia 76ers NBA game in front of thousands of fans.

    At 12, she picked up a guitar and learned to write her own songs. Her family took regular trips to Nashville to shop her music around, and she wrote with local songwriters. After a few years, during which the family made the decision to move to nearby Hendersonville, Tenn., a showcase at the Bluebird Cafe caught the attention of music-industry veteran Scott Borchetta.

    Swift released her debut album on Borchetta’s label, Big Machine Records, in 2006. The project includes her first single, “Tim McGraw.”