Swift also found inspiration in country music performers like the Dixie Chicks and Shania Twain. At an early age, she started giving perforup satta saveramances at fairs & local events. By the time she was eleven, she was writing her own songs and picking up the guitar. Swift's family moved to Nashville, Tennessee, the epicenter of the country music industry, when she was 14 years old, in order to support her budding profession.