>> IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT 
THE AST AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD FOR
ARTIST OF THE DECADE TO TAYLOR 
SWIFT!
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>> THANK YOU.
YOU GUYS, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT 
TO SAY THAT GETTING TO SHARE THE
STAGE WITH MISTY COPELAND AND 
CRAIG HALL AND CAMILA CABELLO 
AND HALSEY AND ALL THOSE AMAZING
DANCERS WAS IN SO MANY WAYS A 
DREAM COME TRUE.
SO I JUST, THAT PERFORMANCE WAS 
EVEN MORE FUN THAN I HOPED IT 
WOULD BE.
OH, MY GOD.
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I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S CAROLE
KING, THAT IT'S YOU WHO GAVE ME 
THIS AWARD.
SO, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS ARE 
HERE TONIGHT.
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AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD LISTEN
TO "TAPESTRY" AND ALL YOUR 
RECORDS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEN 
THEY TOOK THEM WITH THEM AND 
PACKED THEM UP TO COLLEGE WITH 
THEM.
WHEN THEY MET AND GOT THEIR OWN 
HOUSE, THEY TOOK THOSE RECORDS 
WITH THEM, AND PLAYED THOSE 
RECORDS FOR ME AND MY BROTHER.
WHEN I FOUND THAT MUSIC, IT WAS 
RIGHT AROUND THE TIME I REALIZED
HOW MARVELOUS IT WAS THAT AN 
ARTIST COULD TRANSCEND SO MANY 
DIFFERENT CHANGES AND PHASES IN 
LIVES.
SO, YOU TAUGHT ME THAT THAT WAS 
A POSSIBILITY.
AND I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO 
SAY IS THAT ALL ANY OF THE 
ARTISTS, OR REALLY ANYONE IN 
THIS ROOM WANTS IS TO CREATE 
SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST.
WHATEVER IT IS IN LIFE.
AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN 
AWARD THAT CELEBRATES A DECADE 
OF HARD WORK AND OF ART AND OF 
FUN AND MEMORIES, ALL THAT 
MATTERS TO ME IS THE MEMORIES 
THAT I HAVE HAD WITH YOU GUYS, 
WITH YOU, THE FANS, OVER THE 
YEARS.
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GUYS, WE'VE HAD FUN, INCREDIBLE,
EXHILARATING, EXTRAORDINARY 
TIMES TOGETHER.
AND MAY IT CONTINUE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THE REASON 
WHY I AM ON THIS STAGE FROM THE 
VERY FIRST DAY OF MY CAREER 
UNTIL TONIGHT.
I LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU, AMAs.
JUST THANK YOU.
I'M SO LUCKY TO GET TO DO THIS.
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THANK YOU.
