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Sun Sep 25, 2016 09:53PM
Taylor Swift´s actor brother Austin has opened up about his big sister´s rise to stardom, recalling the days he followed her to karaoke bars and record companies in Nashville, Tennessee.
The 24-year-old admits his sister´s work ethics and resilience helped to make him the man he is today and he´ll forever be grateful to have been part of her early years, when no one wanted to listen to her or take a young singer/songwriter seriously.
"(I´d be) watching her go door-to-door dropping off demo CDs at labels that never called," Austin Swift tells People magazine. "(I) was there when she was performing at karaoke contests and in the corners of parties with the same enthusiasm she now plays to stadiums full of her fans.
"Having seen that example, how much goes in, how long it took... That’s always going to be bedrock for who I am and who I want to be."
And Austin admits his sister´s success and her fans were a big help for the Swifts when mom Andrea was diagnosed with cancer.
"An ocean of people rose up around me to offer support and open up about their own experiences," he shared. "People were there for me and it transformed what could have been a very lonely, impossible time. I’ll never forget that."