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Taylor Swift: "There is no music community" like Nashville

Nate Rau,
Adam Tamburin

Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Kimberly Williams-Paisley attend the 56th Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 26, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. — Taylor Swift poses with Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley after her Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame induction. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS

Taylor Swift became the youngest inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on Monday.

The intrigue: The 36-year-old superstar credited the Music Row songwriting community with teaching her the skills that made her 20-year career possible.

She has been able to "genre-hop" and work with artists across the musical spectrum, she said, because of "the fundamentals and the foundation that I learned here in Nashville."

The big picture: During her acceptance speech, Swift reminisced about learning her craft on Music Row alongside collaborators including Liz Rose and Nathan Chapman, whom she credited with helping shape her early career.

The bottom line: "There is no music community like this music community," Swift said. "I know. I checked all the communities."

Go deeper: Read Swift's full remarks

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