Robert Ellis Orrall, a songwriter in Massachusetts, has revealed that he started writing songs after being inspired by Taylor Swift.
Talking to CBSThe 50-year-old actor shared that he met the pop star decades ago as she was writing her debut studio album.
“I’m a songwriter, because that’s why I started trying to be a musician because I wanted to write songs,” Robert said.
She talked about her first meeting with Taylor, the songwriter said: “She was 13, 14, 15 [and was on] RCA. She was originally at RCA, many people don’t know she was at RCA. “
“And then they wanted me to write with her, so we wrote, and then she had fun,” he added, referring to the singer’s song, II’m only me when I’m with you.
Later in the interview, Robert also praised Taylor and said, “I’ve written with a lot of young people, but she was pretty extraordinary.”
“Her confidence … she just had one thing. And I said to his father when he came to pick her up, your daughter will sell 300 million on her first record and I was wrong, I was out of 7 million,” he added.
For those who are not daring, Robert also wrote songs for Lindsay Lohan. He wrote the track Ultimate to the film, Freaky Friday.
“Disney came in contact with me and said we will use ‘Ultimate’ in ‘Freakier Friday,'” he said.
Robert shared that he is still making music with his band. By 2024 he released an album, Wrong thing.
