To answer or not to answer, that is the question! In a recent interview promoting her latest release, “Me,” singer Taylor Swift chose not to answer a question she thought sexist. “I really do not think men are asked that question when they turn 30. So I’m not going to answer that question now” when she was asked by …
Thank you for this moment
Early in life, we are told that fighting fire with fire will only make matters worse. But the fire of gratitude, diplomacy and goodness will squelch the fire of crudeness and rudeness, every time. Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift proved this useful lesson when she eloquently delivered her acceptance speech at the 2016 Grammy Awards. While the memory of Kanye West’s interruption …
A Swift Kick at Apple
“We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation,” wrote Taylor Swift in an open love letter to Apple. In it, she gave the same reasoning that caused her earlier departure from Spotify, the subscription streaming music service Apple is cloning. The singer decided to keep her 1989 album …
So you said …
As concise as soundbites need to be, when they condemn you they are better left unsaid. Case in point … “All the talk swirling around lately about how Spotify is making money on the backs of artists upsets me big time,” the chief executive of the company, Daniel Ek, posted on his blog. Taylor Swift couldn’t have said it better …