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Taylor Swift Just Thanked Everybody In Her Life Who Taught Her Anything About Songwriting · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. It's no secret that
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Speaker 1: Taylor Swift has an incredible gift with songwriting and both
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Speaker 1: her lyrics and melody, and she was honored for that
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Speaker 1: talent by being presented with the National Music Publishers Association
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Speaker 1: or n m P A Songwriter Icon Award Jonny past
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Speaker 1: winners like Alicia Keys and Billy Joel. And while Taylor
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Speaker 1: is used to receiving awards and accolades at this point,
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Speaker 1: this one holds special significance to her because of what
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Speaker 1: it recognizes. She says, it honors the part of my
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Speaker 1: job that's so magical and mystical to me. Still, I
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Speaker 1: love songwriting so much because there's an element to it
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Speaker 1: that's still really mysterious. Like I think any songwriter will
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Speaker 1: tell you, when you get an idea, you're not quite
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Speaker 1: sure where it floated down from. But if you can
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Speaker 1: grab onto it and turn it into something a piece
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Speaker 1: of music, that's where craftsmanship comes in. That's where you
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Speaker 1: have the opportunity to learn and to nurture that craft.
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Speaker 1: Taylor's that's why she shares the award with all the
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Speaker 1: teachers and collaborators in her past who have passed down
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Speaker 1: their knowledge of songwriting to her, that's direct from Hollywood.