Photo courtesy of Scott Swift, Rick Diamond, Country Music Television.

Taylor Swift’s father knew from the time his daughter was a toddler that she had talent. Scott Swift tells the Newark, Delaware Post that little Taylor “was always singing music when she was 3, 5, 6, 7 years old.”

Back then, it was “Taylor doing what she likes to do.” Just like now. Scott Swift also points to a school assignment Taylor got in elementary school. It was to write a two-sentence essay. Instead, she handed in a two-page composition. Scott Swift says the teacher told the family there was something different about Taylor.

Her dad adds they had a daughter who “was really passionate about it, and when she was 13 she got a development deal at RCA.” Then, in what sounds like kind of a back-handed compliment, he says “that was the confirmation that maybe she wasn’t crazy, because her writing is why she got it.”

It is so refreshing to see a young girl who has talent and her head screwed on straight.  Taylor seems to have the most wonderful relationship with her parents and there is a lot to be said about that these days.  Here’s wishing and hoping that Taylor keeps herself grounded because I think she has a great road ahead of her if she does.

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