My mom and I have always been really close. Sheโs always been the friend that was always there.
Taylor SwiftYou have to able to make fun of yourself. Don't take things too seriously and when people make fun of you, laugh at it.
Taylor Swift(Talk about Kelly Pickler)"She's like a sister.People say we're such opposites, but that's what makes us such good friends. She's incredibly blunt. I love that about her. If some guy has said or done something to me she doesn't like, she'll grab my cell phone and say, 'I'm deleting his number.
Taylor SwiftI'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about, and she's got everything that I have to live without... He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar, the only one who's got enough of me to break my heart. He's the song in the car I keep singing; don't know why I do.
Taylor SwiftI didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
Taylor SwiftI love conversations with kids in the meet and greet lines โ little people with little voices! I love babies. Someday I would love to be a parent, but I want that time to come when Iโve experienced so much of the world. My life will be devoted to making that childโs life as wonderful, beautiful, magical and perfect as it can possibly be. I want to wait until there is no ounce of me left that has anything self-centered to experience.
Taylor SwiftThe way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name; it's beautiful, wonderful, don't you ever change.
Taylor SwiftPeople say you donโt know what youโve got till itโs gone, but the truth is you just never thought youโd ever lose it.
Taylor SwiftI've just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.
Taylor SwiftI felt like my favorite writers have almost musical hooks in their work, whether it's poetry or a hook at the end of a chapter that makes you want to read the next one. And I think that my favorite writers definitely have something musical about what they do, in saying something so relatable and universal and so simple.
Taylor SwiftFans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes.
Taylor SwiftOne of the most important things about social media is knowing when to put the phone down and experience your life.
Taylor SwiftYou never imagine that when you say hello to someone and you fall in love, that some day you'll have to say goodbye.
Taylor SwiftA lot of people have pretty little heads, but it's difficult to find a pretty little mind.
Taylor SwiftMy experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.
Taylor SwiftI think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
Taylor SwiftI'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here, 'Cause I remember it all, all, all... too well...
Taylor SwiftI just kind of live a life, and I let all the gossip live somewhere else. If you go too far down the rabbit hole of what people think about you, it can change everything about who you are.
Taylor SwiftI've never been fascinated by the party lifestyle. Penciling in a night to get wasted is not something I want to do.
Taylor SwiftI cap myself when I shop; I don't like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it's scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered.
Taylor SwiftEvery girl on the planet has insecurities. It helps me to know that some of the most beautiful people in the world wake up some days and don't think they're pretty. As sad as that is, it's good to know that a problem you think is your own is actually something every girl faces. Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wear.
Taylor SwiftOne of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.
Taylor SwiftWe need music the most when weโre feeling things really intensely. I think the most intense times in your life are when youโre either falling in love or losing it
Taylor SwiftWhen I hear that high-pitched sound of all those people screaming together, it's like, I want to get on stage right now. It's the most amazing feeling.
Taylor SwiftMy parents have always been very respectful of me so Iโve always been really respectful of them. My worst fear is to let them down so thatโs why I donโt misbehave.
Taylor SwiftThereโs something to be said for being young and needing someone so badly that you jump in headfirst without looking.
Taylor SwiftTo me fearless isn't not having fears, it's not that you're not afraid of anything. I think that being fearless is having a lot of fears, but you jump anyway.
Taylor SwiftI've seen my friends take someone back after they've cheated because they fit perfectly.
Taylor SwiftThere are two ways love can go. You can be good to each other or you could not play fair.
Taylor SwiftWriting 'We Are Never Getting Back Together' was one of the most hilarious experiences I have ever had in the studio because it just happened so naturally.
Taylor SwiftThe music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment. And Iโm not willing to contribute my lifeโs work to an experiment that I donโt feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music. And I just donโt agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free.
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