Taylor Swift recently sat down with CBS’ 60 Minutes for an episode set to air tonight and judging from quotes provided by CBS, it sounds as if she’s serious about remaining a role model for her young fans.
“I definitely think about a million people when I am getting dressed in the morning,” Swift tells interviewer Lesley Stahl. “That’s just part of my life now. I think it’s my responsibility to know it and to be conscious of it.”
“It would be really easy to say … ‘I’m 21 now. I do what I want. You raise your kids.’ But … that’s not the truth of it. The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation. So make your words count.”
Speaking of words, Swift also talks to Stahl about dealing with criticism, which she says “still hurts.”
“I don’t have thick skin. I hate reading criticisms. You never really, like, get past things hurting you.”
Swift’s profile airs on 60 Minutes at 6 tonight on CBS.
— Dave Paulson, The Tennessean
Brad Paisley's book is a New York Times best-seller
Brad Paisley can now add "best-selling author" to his list of accomplishments.
Paisley’s autobiographical Diary of a Player was released earlier this month and has been on The New York Times best-seller list for two consecutive weeks.
The singer, who wrote the book with help from David Wild, relives his path to stardom through paying tribute to the guitar players who have most influenced his life.
“It should be inspiring to a kid,” Paisley says of his book. “If you’re 8 years old and you don’t know what to do with your life, or if you’re 12 and you’re not good at anything yet, find that thing that will take you places.
"We tried to keep it from being too technical, so it’s not all about the strings that I use and stuff like that. It’s more about the inspiration from my career.”
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