How do I take all of the music on my iPhone and import it to my Macbook Pro?

I had an Asus laptop and that's where all my music was, now I'd like to get it all to my Macbook Pro I have everything I need on my iPhone so how can I get all of my iPhone music to my Macbook pro?

Your best bet is to transfer it directly from the other computer (copy the entire iTunes folder from one to the other, put in same location), otherwise your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself properly backed up against loss. Syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

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Thanks for the question. With iOS 7 you can now delete your entire music library from your device. Simply navigate to Settings > General > Usage > Music then tap Edit, tap the minus symbol, then tap Delete.
iPhone, iPad, and iPod: Understanding capacity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1867
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It may be same computer but if a new, empty, library has been created then it is not the same library your device was synced with...
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