Backstage at the CMA Music Festival, airing on ABC Monday, August 31 at 7 pm central, Taylor Swift took the time to answer questions from the press. It is refreshing to see an artist in any genre of music answer questions as openly and thoughtfully as Taylor. When told that Reba McEntire “takes business pointers” from her, Taylor was flattered and said:

“Wow, that’s the coolest thing I’ve heard in a very long time. Thank you for telling me that.” Taylor went on to say, “Reba is absolutely one of my favorite people on this planet and you know, I think that when you’re making your way up in the music industry, you have all these heroes and the reasons why they’re your heroes are one thing and then as soon as you kind of get into the industry, your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second, and people on that list for me are Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire and Faith Hill. People that I just feel strive to be great people and kind people first, before anything else gets factored in and to hear something so wonderful from one of those people on that giant, huge, amazing list, that’s awesome, I love Reba!”

Source: Examiner.com