Taylor Swift Quotes

I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.

I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn't happen.

If you want some big revelation, since 2010 I have dated exactly two people. The fact that there are slide shows of a dozen guys that I either hugged on a red carpet or met for lunch or wrote a song with ... it's just kind of ridiculous.

I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.

I don't know if you know who you are, until you lose who you are.

I have rules for life, but not for love. If I think too hard about a relationship, I'll talk myself out of it

I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.

We're in our twenties and we don't know anything and it's awesome.

I like to write about relationships. I like it when my friends come over and we crowd around the piano and sing Journey songs at the top of our lungs... And I like things that make me feel seven again. I don't ever look down on people for the way they choose to have fun; it's just not necessarily the way I like to have fun.

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.

I'm sick of the tabloids' saying I obsess over guys. Why would you obsess over guys? They don't like it.

I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anything that ceases to be a song and just sounds like house music kind of stresses me out.

The way I look at love is you have to follow it, and fall hard, if you fall hard. You have to forget about what everyone else thinks. It has to be an us-against-the-world mentality. You have to make it work by prioritizing it, and by falling in love really fast, without thinking too hard. If I think too hard about a relationship I'll talk myself out of it. I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.

The thing about life is, every time you learn a lesson, another is waiting right at the corner. You never know everything.

I can imagine it's hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn't know.

It's been occurring to me I'd like to hang out with you, for my whole life.1

being open isn't the same as being weak.

Let go of people who bring you down, and surround yourself with those who bring out the best in you.

(Talks about a school production) 'There was one solo; but it was a guy. It was this character called 'Freddy Fast Talk' and it was the bad guy. I didn't care, I was like I will dress up like a guy, I want to sing that song. And so I remembered we drew on eyebrows, and I had like a moustache,and we put all my hair up in this hat. So I dressed like a guy and sang the solo.

I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'

All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.

My favorite thing in the world is telling stories, and most of what I do is telling stories through music.

I love to write honest songs that name real people, then get up onstage and live out those emotions in front of 15,000 people.

People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened.

I'm a Sagittarius, and one of our major qualities is that we're blindly optimistic.

So many girls out there say, "I'm not a feminist" because they think it means something angry or disgruntled or complaining or they picture, like, rioting and picketing. It is not that at all. It just simply means that you believe that women and men should have equal rights and opportunities.

It's never been about trying to look well-behaved. It's just how I am. I guess it's a weird thing to be 19 and not ever have been drunk, but for me, it just feels normal because I don't really know any other way. I don't know if I'd be comfortable getting wasted and not knowing what I've said. That doesn't mean when I'm older I won't have a glass of wine. I just don't think it's such a strange thing for me not to be wasted all the time.

There are no rules when it comes to love. I just try to let love surprise me because you never know who you’re going to fall in love with.

When I was growing up, I didn't really know much about being popular or cliques or anything like that. In elementary school and middle school, you start to kind of realize what it's all about. There are cool kids, and then there's you, and you're just trying to figure out where you fit in.I learned a lot about acceptance and rejection,Those are the themes that you'll find spread throughout my music and weaved in throughout all of the lyrics. I really know what it's like to be accepted, and I also know what it's like to be rejected. And those are lessons I learned in Wyomissing.

Never regret your past. You have to move on and learn from it.

It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

Beauty is sincerity.There are so many different ways someone can be beautiful.

I want to build a life with someone that's based on their dreams as well as my dreams. I think that the idea of finding another person to share with is the most fascinating, beautiful quest you could ever be on in life.

(Talks about her grandmother Marjorie Finlay)"She was actually a recording star in Puerto Rico when my mom was growing up. My mom was always stuck sitting backstage somewhere or sitting in a front row, watching a performance her entire childhood. She thought that when her mom stopped performing she was relieved of those duties, but all I wanted to do was sing, ever since I was born, so she's always been backstage.

I watched their reactions and emotions, especially to understand what was what I was doing wrong. But then I realized that if I could see these people and take note of everything I saw, I could write a good song.

I'm like 6'2 when I wear heels, so I tend to wear cowboy boots a lot.

On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.

Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you.

We learned more from a 3 minute record than we ever learned in school

Your success, your life, your happiness. Don't let mean people bring that down.

If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation.

So don't you worry your pretty little mind because people throw rocks at things that shine. [Ours]

Just keep doing 'you', and being who you are and doing what feels natural to you.

Everybody has a list of 100 things they would like to change about themselves. But it's all about focusing on the good things.

I don't look for boyfriends, I don't really scour the awards shows for who I'm going to date, but I think love happens when you're not looking for it, and when it happens, I'm not going to be the one to overthink it.

Rebellion is what you make of it. When you've been on a tour bus for two months straight, and then you get in your car and drive wherever you want, that can feel rebellious.

In the middle of the night When I'm in this dream It's like a million little stars Spelling out your name

Do you remember we were sitting there by the water?