Half of us have opened up for the other half on tour, and we’ve met each other at some radio station or awards show. I see a different songwriter or producer I’ve worked with almost every time I’m out to dinner. SWIFT: The country music community is the closest musical community I’ve witnessed. TIME: How close is the city’s country music community? The attention it’s getting is well deserved. New high-rise buildings have popped up every time I come home and I think it’s so awesome that Nashville is booming. There are now fantastic, highly acclaimed restaurants and top of the line hotels. It’s become a well-known music hub for genres other than just country. It’s become a popular, trendy place to live for families and young professionals. SWIFT: Nashville has changed so much since I moved here almost ten years ago. TIME: How has Nashville changed over the years? I’m just able to wander around the grocery store and make casual conversation with the girl standing next to me in the produce aisle. You don’t see as much evidence of me spending time in Nashville, because I’m not being photographed at the grocery store. In New York and L.A., there are photographers waiting on the street, and it seems like every errand I run is photographed and documented. The cool thing about spending time in Nashville is that no one knows when I’m there. SWIFT: I spend as much time in Nashville as I can. TIME: Have you ever considered moving your operations to L.A. We took more and more trips to Nashville as time went by, and when at 13, I was offered a development deal by a major record label, my parents gave in and we moved from Pennsylvania. ![]() I remember being charmed by how kind people were to strangers and newcomers like us. I remember thinking it was so odd and wonderful that all of these important record labels were all on one street, most of them in small buildings and old houses. She would wait in the car as I scampered into record labels one by one, handing my demo CD to the receptionists. When I was 11, my mom took my brother and me to Nashville on spring break and we drove up and down Music Row. From that point on, I began relentlessly nagging, begging, and pleading with my parents to take me on a trip there. I was obsessed with watching biography TV shows about Faith Hill and Shania Twain, and I noticed that both of them went to Nashville to start their careers. SWIFT: I decided to move to Nashville when I was about 10 years old.
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