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Blake Shelton On Taylor Swift: ‘She’s So Smart’

We’ve all watched Blake Shelton mock Taylor Swift’s reactions to winning awards over the years by putting his hands on his cheeks and gasping, but recently Taylor was a mentor…

Blake Shelton On Taylor Swift: 'She's So Smart'
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We've all watched Blake Shelton mock Taylor Swift's reactions to winning awards over the years by putting his hands on his cheeks and gasping, but recently Taylor was a mentor for Shelton's team on NBC's The Voice and he was more than impressed with her.

Blake told us, "She's just so smart. That's the thing... we all know how talented Taylor is, but I think 50 percent of her success is also combining her talent with just literally how smart she is."

He adds, "I love every time I'm around her, I just I love kind of soaking it in and listening to her talk and how she always has something to say or a way of looking at something that I never have. People were always a little bit blown away when she comes on the show because once you get past that it's Taylor Swift, then you're even more impressed by her. Once you just can get that out of the way and then just kind of soak in who she is."

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.