You can stay the same person you've always been even if everything around you changes.

I'm Taylor, I'm 11 and I want a record deal.

I don’t ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It’s like, Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.

The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation. So make your words count.

Just be yourself, there is no one better.

So . . . middle school? Awkward.Having a hobby that's different from everyone else's? Awkward. Singing the national anthem on weekends instead of going to sleepovers? More awkward. Braces? Awkward. Gain a lot of weight before you hit the growth spurt? Awkward. Frizzy hair, don't embrace the curls yet? Awkward. Try to straighten it? Awkward!So many phases!

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town