Taylor named NSAI’s Songwriter-Artist of the Year
Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) honored Taylor as Songwriter-Artist of The Year for her songs, “Fifteen,” “Love Story” and “You Belong With Me.”
This is the third time Taylor won this award. She was also NSAI’s Songwriter-Artist of The Year for 2009 and 2010.
Below is her acceptance speech.
“Since I can remember, my favorite thing in the whole world was a good story — going back to when my mom and dad would read me stories when I was little, and then discovering poetry in English class,” she said. “Then I discovered this town called Nashville, where they tell the coolest stories. In my opinion, they tell them in the most magical ways.
“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being so generous with me. Whether it was telling fairy tales or sad stories or stories that were just about my life and what I was going through, you’ve been wonderful to me. And I’m having a blast telling stories.”
She added, “Right now, my story is that in about 30 minutes, I’m getting on a plane to go to Paris and then London and then Germany and then New York. And then after that, I have seven days and five hours and 22 minutes until my album comes out.”
Amid a round of applause, Swift implored, “Please wish me luck because I am a nervous wreck. I can’t thank you enough. I can’t thank the songwriters enough for inspiring me, the publishers for being so incredibly supportive. [Sony/ATV Music Publishing] has always been wonderful to me. Thank you for standing up and clapping. That was really nice. And I just really appreciate getting to be here with you guys. Thank you so much.”
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