Taylor Swift is named after her parents' favorite artist, James Taylor.
She grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Reading, PA, where she picked praying mantis pods.
Her first CD was by LeAnn Rimes, bought at age six.
Swift wrote “Our Song” for her high school talent show.
She and Liz Rose wrote “Tim McGraw” in just 15 minutes.
Her album Lover was initially titled Daylight.
The 2019 film Someone Great inspired the song “Death By a Thousand Cuts.”