Swift songwriting 'inspired by bullying'

Taylor Swift has revealed that her early songs were about being bullied at school.

The singer claimed that difficult experiences early in life inspired her to become a musician.

"I was bullied at school and I wrote about that," she told Q magazine. "My early songs were about being on the outside looking in, having no friends.

"I look back and it was a good thing, in the same that a broken heart gives you a muse."

The star, who is expected to reach the top five with debut single 'Love Story', added that she cannot imagine becoming a party-loving popstar.

"I'm not a party girl. I'm a control freak in the sense that I want to be responsible for my actions and words," she said.

"I think if I was to get wasted at a club one night and couldn't remember what I had said the next day, that would scare me."

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