Taylor Swift music inspired by Dr Seuss
The country star - who has had worldwide success with albums including Fearless and Speak Now - revealed that Dr Seuss literature was the reason she became exposed to song-like prose in her childhood.
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Swift provides the voice of Audrey in the big-screen version of Dr Seuss's The Lorax, and explained the part that children's literature has played in her career at the film's premiere in Los Angeles.
She told E! Online: "I loved reading books just when I was a child. When I was growing up, I'm pretty sure that was my first exposure to poetry. And I just loved it."
Swift also told reporters on the red carpet about the role that the late Whitney Houston played in her life.
"I was a huge fan of Whitney. And I was also a fan of her spirit," she said. "She was always smiling and I just always felt like she was relatable."
The Lorax is released on March 2 in the US and July 27 in the UK, and features the voices of stars including Zac Efron, The Hangover's ! Ed Helms , Betty White and Danny DeVito.
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Watch The Lorax trailer below: