United Kingdom, June 12 -- Taylor Swift fought back tears as she thanked her family for "uprooting their entire lives" to help her pursue her music career.

The pop superstar, 36, opened up during an emotional speech at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York City on Thursday night (11.06.26) where she became the youngest ever female star to join the elite group. Swift took to the stage at the Marriott Marquis Hotel following an introduction by Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and she spoke about her family's move from Pennsylvania when she was an aspiring musician.

Taylor grew emotional as she said: "It was easy to choose songwriting over everything else in my life. But it couldn't have been easy for my parents an...