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Taylor Swift: 'Shania Twain Has Influenced my Career'

Showbiz Spy
3/4/09

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Taylor Swift says Shania Twain has had a "strong influence" on her career.

The 19-year-old star - who recently embarked on her 2009 Fearless Tour - has revealed that she models herself on country singer-songwriter Shania.

She tells Orange, "She's such a strong influence on me and my career.

"She's so independent and confident - she wrote her own stuff and took her music worldwide."

"I've been writing songs since I was 12," Swift added. "As soon as I picked up a guitar and learned three chords I wrote my first song. I would play guitar for four hours straight every night until my fingers were bleeding.

"I couldn't put it down. As soon as I discovered songwriting it's all I wanted to do."

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