It is said that Taylor "writes" her songs. But there is no evidence that she actually composes the music and arranges the instrumental portion of the songs. What she DOES do, as far as "writing," is she makes up the lyrics. Anyone can do lyrics, especially when you can't understand what they're saying half the time anyways. Nobody here is saying that the MUSIC is bad. It's the singing. But when you pair marginal singing with blonde curls and five-foot legs + catchy music, and then promote, promote and promote -- you have a star!