What Taylor Swift said at age 14 about becoming a star
Taylor Swift now has "The Life of a Showgirl," but at a young age, she knew her "Love Story" with songwriting would lead her to the music industry -- whether she was a star or not.
"Good Morning America" interviewed Swift in 2005 when the now 35-year-old was just 14 years old and trying to make her way in Nashville.
When asked what she would do if she didn't become a music star, Swift said she would be a songwriter.
"If I'm not a star, then I guess I'm going to be a writer. I know that what I want to do is music, because everyone is like, 'Yeah, you should do what you love,' and this is what I love," Swift said at the time. "This is what I feel I was meant to do, because I think it means something when you can't put a guitar down, you can't stop writing, you can't stop thinking about new ideas for songs."
She continued, "I would be a writer for other artists. I'm just totally infatuated with this business and everything about it."
Just over one decade later, Swift is a 14-time Grammy winner who last year wrapped up her record-breaking Eras Tour and this week announced her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl."
In the 2005 interview with "GMA," Swift described the first time she held a guitar as being "like magic."
"As soon as I learned three chords, I never put it down," she said.
When asked what she thought was the scariest thing about moving to Nashville and trying to make a career in music, Swift answered with a fear she never ultimately had to worry about: failure.
"The scariest thing I think is failure, because it's so common, and it happens so much. I think I would just be so scared that, you know, nothing would ever happen," Swift said. "But then, then that was what was meant to happen, I think. So I think it's just always going to be OK. That's how I'm seeing it, is just try to get where you want to go, but if it doesn't happen, your life is still -- it's still OK."
She added, "But I'm really, really, really, really, really, really trying."
Watch the full interview with 14-year-old Swift here.
