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And had a sense of humor. he was more the voice of steely van than donald fashion gan. >> came out in the songs and songwriting where, there are so many great steely dan songs, and, you know, i read a quote this weekend that i absolutely love, which was when -- they used to get the greatest studio musicians to come out, and it was all about the music. the extraordinary thing about the beatles songwriting was the simplicity. how did they do that? it's like that scene in amadeous. with steely dan, it was the opposite. they had these extraordinary cord changes influenced by jazz that fit neatly i...

Critics who say how can you leave country behind? >> can we just get off of her back. she's an artist. she's a song writer. let her make whatever music she wants to. >> and he says she's still country at heart. >> taylor swift can make a pop record all day long but if you look at the lyrics that's how country song writers make songs. that is what country is all about. she knows what it means to not sand off the rough edges but put a magnifying glass to it. >> with her new single, swift told good morning america that has an entirely new message, people will find anything about you and twist it ...

Who say, how can you leave country behind? >> can we just get off her back for a minute? she's an artist. she's a songwriter. let her make whatever music she wants to. >> and john rich says taylor swift is still country at heart. >> taylor swift can make a pop record all day long, but if you look at the lyrics, that is the way country songwriters write songs. she's a country songwriters. she knows what writing a song is all about. she knows what it means to, you know, not sand off the rough edges but put a magnifying glass on it. >> with her new single -- ♪ shake it off, shake it off >> -- s...

Happy new year. >> happy new year. >> let's start. give us your bold music predictions for 2014. >> my bold music predictions for twaent 14, well, i am a dj along with being a comedian on vh-1, and you know, you kind of have to look at what was moving people in 2013 to know what's going to happen in 2014. one of the biggest things that i saw was that dance music has really, like, taken its place in pop. you know, when you see daft punk be considered a pop record, which once upon a time, they were these edm crew that people only knew about in that world, and now they're huge. when you see "blur...