I do put on a little make-up every day because it helps me feel put together. Mascara is essential.

The importance of balance is huge but I think it is for everybody. It's a big issue for at least anyone that I talk to in any career.

It doesn't matter what you do. It matters who you are.

As much as I try to be present, it just doesn't really feel like reality. It feels like a fleeting thing. There's a million other incredibly wonderful girls that are much more talented than me that are out there all the time. So I'm just trying to appreciate it for what it is. But I don't want it to take on that feeling of pressure, because I don't know where that's gonna get me.

I was a good-looking kid. I never felt, like, dorky. I was just like, 'Yup, these are my braces. I've had them forever.'

In Hollywood - and indeed, the world - a lot of women only think about themselves in the context of men. It's truly sad.

Taylor is a musician who does things under her own name and tells her own stories-her songs and her albums are her.