Taylor Covers Rolling Stone Rock Star Issue

Posted by amyclark on 08/24/2008
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4/18/2008 Webb

Rolling Stone’s inaugural Best of Rock issue hits the newsstands today and includes Country Music star Taylor Swift on the cover, according to The Tennessean.
 
"Wow! I didn't see this one coming!" Taylor said. "This is definitely a 'jumping up and down screaming' moment for me. So many of my heroes are on this cover, and to be able to share space with them is such an honor."
 
Also included in the issue are Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Robert Plant, and Bono.
Under the heading "Best Country Lolita," the article reads, "Imagine a secret laboratory in Nashville, where Hayden Panettiere's DNA is spliced with Dolly Parton's. The resulting creature, a faster, blonder, longer-legged Carrie Underwood, would be a lot like Taylor Swift. Her debut, Taylor Swift, sold almost 3 million copies — and she rules MySpace, with 40 million page views.
 
"The 18-year-old country-pop sensation — a one-time Abercrombie and Fitch model raised on a Christmas-tree farm in rural Pennsylvania — is equally appealing to tween girls (who can relate to TRL-dominating songs like "Teardrops on My Guitar") and grown men (those legs). 'I don't care how people look at me,' Swift said. 'As long as they look at me.' "
 
Taylor picked up two belt buckles at Monday’s 2008 CMT Music Awards this week also.