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It Was My 16th Birthday-my Mom And Dad Gave Me My Goya Classical Guitar That Day. I Sat Down, Wrote This Song, And I Just Knew That That Was The Only Thing I Could Ever Really Do-write Songs And Sing Them To People. [...] Everything On This Record Is What I Really Wanted To Say, And I'm Back To Being The Poet I Always Thought I Was.

We Did The Opening Tailgate Party - I'm Not A Big Football Person - And It Started To Rain. I Was A Little Sick And Went Back To The Hotel Where We Were All Staying. We Didn't Know Whether Prince Was Going To Go On Or Not Because The Rain Got So Bad. He Had Already Prerecorded It Just In Case He Couldn't Go On. So I'm Sitting There Wrapped In Blankets, With A Hot Water Bottle And Hot Tea, And He Goes On And It's The Most Magical Thing I Have Ever Seen.

I Said,'instead Of Going In The Direction That A Lot Of The Women Singers Are Going In [revealing], I'll Be Very, Very Sexy Under 18 Pounds Of Chiffon And Lace And Velvet...i Will Have Mystique.

The Female Rock-'n'-roll-country-pop Songwriter Is Back, And Her Name Is Taylor Swift. And It's Women Like Her Who Are Going To Save The Music Business.

It Was My 16th Birthday - My Mom And Dad Gave Me My Goya Classical Guitar That Day. I Sat Down, Wrote This Song, And I Just Knew That That Was The Only Thing I Could Ever Really Do - Write Songs And Sing Them To People.