As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you are going, you will look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment.
Taylor SwiftMaybe you won't find a place where you fit in for a very long time, but you eventually will.
Taylor SwiftMost of us fear reaching the end of our life regretting moments when we didn't speak up, say I love you, or say I'm sorry.
Taylor SwiftI've found that men I've dated who are in the same business can be really competitive. I've found a great group of girlfriends in the same business who aren't competitive, but a few times guys have started comparing careers and it has been... challenging.
Taylor SwiftI have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels.
Taylor SwiftI love making buckwheat crepes with ham, Parmesan cheese, and a fried egg on top. It's my go-to breakfast.
Taylor SwiftI've learned through writing that if something made me feel deeply or anything at all, it was worth it.
Taylor SwiftYou get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
Taylor SwiftWhat I've learned is not to change who you are, because eventually you're going to run out of new things to become.
Taylor SwiftI began absolutely non-stop tormenting my parents, begging them on a daily basis to move there.
Taylor SwiftWhen I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.
Taylor SwiftI'm the kind of person who needs to feel like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes badly, that's horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it was worth it.
Taylor SwiftIn the beginning I remember when I would spend three hours a day on MySpace just trying to comment everyone back, and now, I spend a half hour a night on MySpace just putting up new stuff and answering people back and monitoring all the fan sites, and saying hi and thank you. I'm still way on top of it. I haven't grown out of it because it'll always be something that helped launch my career, and I'm going to keep maintaining it.
Taylor SwiftIn middle school, my friends decided I was weird, and they didn’t like my hair. They ditched me and talked behind my back, which is cool — I’m over it. [laughs] One time I called them and said, “Hey, do you want to go to the Berkshire Mall?” They all gave me excuses and said no. So I go to the mall with my mom, and don’t you know, we run into all of them. Together. Shopping. My mom could see I was about to cry, so she said, “You know what? We’re going to the King of Prussia mall,” which was the mecca.
Taylor SwiftDon't ever call a guy first. The thing they want the most is whatever they can't have. It sounds really juvenile, but it works.
Taylor SwiftMy parents raised me to never feel like I was entitled to success.That you have to work for it. You have to work so hard for it. And sometimes then you don't even get where you need to go.
Taylor SwiftI never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
Taylor SwiftMy friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.
Taylor SwiftI want someone to say, "I love you and that's all I really know." That's the girly girl in me.
Taylor SwiftI'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.
Taylor SwiftI've wanted one thing for me whole life and I'm not going to be that girl who wants one thing her whole life then gets it and complains.
Taylor SwiftI realized that I have very long arms so I can take the perfect arm-length picture with fans
Taylor SwiftIt's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed.
Taylor SwiftBut I say to Apple with all due respect, we don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.
Taylor SwiftI don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.
Taylor SwiftYour feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again.
Taylor SwiftI try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues.
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