The moves that Taylor Swift has made in Hollywood in the last year has one A-list singer taking serious notes. It’s not easy to be a woman in the music industry, but Sheryl Crow believes that the “Shake It Off” singer has unlocked a key that is going to help future generations snag their fortune. 

The 62-year-old singer has high praise for her 34-year-old music peer. In an Esquire essay entitled “What I’ve Learned,” Crow shared the knowledge she’s acquired from the younger pop star’s business moves. “You and you alone are responsible for your art,” she wrote. “The fact that [Taylor] came up with solutions for how to not allow her music to be a moneymaker for other people when she should be owning it.”