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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 13, 2014 12:45 PM UTC  HOLLYWOOD - APRIL 02: Actress Taylor Swift attends the "Hannah Montana The Movie" Premiere at the El Capitan Theatre, 2 April, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images) HOLLYWOOD - APRIL 02: Actress Taylor Swift attends the "Hannah Montana The Movie" Premiere at the El Capitan Theatre, 2 April, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images) Kristian Dowling—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 13, 2014 12:45 PM UTC Back in 2009, Taylor Swift was already a star — hits like “Our Song” and “Love Story” had proved her power — but she wasn’t yet a global musical phenomenon. Rather, she was thoroughly country, just starting her first headlining tour and her fans had lots of unanswered questions. That May, she sat down with TIME to answer some of them, dispensing advice for aspiring songwriters and dishing about the real-life inspirations for her songs (and, at one point, talking about how much she loves John Mayer, to whom she would later be romantically linked). Watch that interview here. **_Read TIME’s new cover story about the singer:_** [The Power of Taylor Swift](http://time.com/3583129/power-of-taylor-swift-cover/?pcd=hp-magmod) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3581386/taylor-swifts-10-questions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3581386/taylor-swifts-10-questions/"},"headline":"See How Far Taylor Swift Has Come Since 2009","datePublished":"2014-11-13T12:45:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:23:29.720Z","description":"The singer took questions from fans at the start of her first headlining tour","url":"https://time.com/3581386/taylor-swifts-10-questions/","keywords":["Music","10 Questions","Taylor Swift","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76408734bce7aafa/69876890a988ca78a76aab55/taylor-swift5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76408734bce7aafa/69876890a988ca78a76aab55/taylor-swift5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures' \"Hannah Montana The Movie\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of Walt Disney Pictures' \"Hannah Montana The Movie\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Kristian Dowling—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3581386/taylor-swifts-10-questions/","name":"See How Far Taylor Swift Has Come Since 2009"}}]}] ```