Taylor Swift accepted her third trophy as the songwriter-artist of the year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) at a private gala celebration in Nashville on Sunday night (Oct. 17).
Swift was recognized for writing "Fifteen," "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me." Her award was presented early in the evening, prior to the previously-announced induction of Pat Alger, Steve Cropper and the late Paul Davis and Stephen Foster into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Swift did not perform at the event, but the Hall of Fame inductees were later honored with renditions of their most popular songs performed by the likes of Garth Brooks, T. Graham Brown, Tyler Bryant, Jim Lauderdale, Tanya Tucker and Jimmy Wayne.
In addition, Chris DuBois was named songwriter of the year for his contributions to Brad Paisley's "Then" and "Welcome to the Future," as well as Craig Morgan's "This Ain't Nothin'." Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me," written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, claimed song of the year honors.
After acknowledging a successful year for Douglas, who was seated at the table next to hers, Swift addressed the audience from a podium.
"Since I can remember, my favorite thing in the whole world was a good story -- going back to when my mom and dad would read me stories when I was little, and then discovering poetry in English class," she said. "Then I discovered this town called Nashville, where they tell the coolest stories. In my opinion, they tell them in the most magical ways.
"I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being so generous with me. Whether it was telling fairy tales or sad stories or stories that were just about my life and what I was going through, you've been wonderful to me. And I'm having a blast telling stories."
She added, "Right now, my story is that in about 30 minutes, I'm getting on a plane to go to Paris and then London and then Germany and then New York. And then after that, I have seven days and five hours and 22 minutes until my album comes out."
Amid a round of applause, Swift implored, "Please wish me luck because I am a nervous wreck. I can't thank you enough. I can't thank the songwriters enough for inspiring me, the publishers for being so incredibly supportive. [Sony/ATV Music Publishing] has always been wonderful to me. Thank you for standing up and clapping. That was really nice. And I just really appreciate getting to be here with you guys. Thank you so much."
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