The folk-pop icon sung praises of the pop superstar in a recent interview with ‘Esquire’
Sheryl Crow is singing her praises of Taylor Swift.
In a recent interview with Esquire in which the folk-pop icon, 62, shared lessons that she’s learned over the years, she opened up about how much she admires Swift, 34. Crow said that she thinks the pop superstar is “a powerhouse” and lauded how she’s become a champion for artists reclaiming their own work by re-recording her first six albums.
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Beyond the 14-time Grammy winner’s feats as a songwriter and a record-shattering performer, Crow noted how impressive it is that Swift responded to her masters being sold to Scooter Braun by releasing updated versions of her records. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee continued, “The fact that she came up with solutions for how to not allow her music to be a moneymaker for other people when she should be owning it.”
Crow brought up the Midnights artist after she admitted that another thing she’s learned is that “you and you alone are responsible for your art.”
In the Esquire interview, the “Soak Up the Sun” singer also mentioned how challenging it can be to be a woman in the music industry. “There’s not a handbook for how to navigate, as a woman, a business that is predominantly run by men,” she shared. “Or for when you have a strong woman, how that challenges men and their feelings of importance.”
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When the hitmaker dropped 1989 (Taylor’s Version) in the fall of last year, she earned her biggest album debut of her entire career. The project marked her 13th No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart and sold over 1.6 million units in the U.S.
The “Karma” singer has since released her own versions of Fearless, Speak Now, Red and 1989, meaning she has yet to release updated renditions of her self-titled debut and Reputation.
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Crow herself has been outspoken about sexism in the music industry over the years. In a November interview with PEOPLE, she explained that her 1996 hit “If It Makes You Happy” was written out of frustration that men accused her of not writing her own music when she first broke out.
“There was a lot of speculation, mostly male writers, saying, ‘She didn’t write her own record. There were a bunch of guys in the room,’” she said. “It was a very sexist moment in the history of music.”
Crow continued, “[If It Makes You Happy’] was a message to everybody that had been a part of the first record — while everybody’s making a ton of money off this record, I’m the one that’s having to defend myself. That was basically the impetus for the song.”
On Friday, the rocker will release her 12th studio album, Evolution, via Big Machine.
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