Being a powerful woman who also exhibits great warmth is an incredible feat because people think that to be powerful you have to be cold, and you don't.
Taylor Swift(Talks about Lucky You) "The song was about a girl who didn't fit in and she didn't care and she was different than everyone else. I think there's a long chorus of me singing "Do do do do do do do do do do". It's very young and I look back and it's kind of interesting to hear those kind of storylines and the lyrics that I used to write compared to the lyrics that I write now.
Taylor SwiftWe wrote a song, while sitting on a trampoline & we loved it so much that we ended up recording it as a duet
Taylor Swift'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.
Taylor SwiftThe lesson I've learned the most often in life is that you're always going to know more in the future than you know now.
Taylor SwiftFixing your heartbreak by getting into another relationship is not the way to live your life - you need to live it on your terms for a while.
Taylor SwiftI started making choices based on what I wanted, and didnโt feel like I needed to justify them. If I wanted to cut my hair, I did it. If I wanted to move to New York, I did it. If I wanted to take a spontaneous road trip, I did it. At 24 I decided that my life is enough for me, and I stopped looking for some other piece to complete it.
Taylor SwiftI still love sparkles and grocery shopping and really old cats that are only nice to you half the time. I still love writing in my journal and wearing dresses all the time and staring at chandeliers.
Taylor SwiftI don't really think you can ever stop making new friends or learning about as many new things as possible.
Taylor SwiftFighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer
Taylor SwiftWhen I was a teenager I felt like we were always being stereotyped as being really intense and dramatic and passionate and hopelessly romantic and excitable, now in retrospect I think I need to let you know those things are amazing. I hope you never lose those things.
Taylor Swift(Talking about her grandmother Marjorie Finlay)I can remember her singing, the thrill of it," she said. "She was one of my first inspirations.The people around me provided all the inspiration I needed. Everything I wrote (at that time) came from that experience, what I observed happening around me.
Taylor SwiftI'm intrigued and drawn to people who know exactly who they are, who know what they want, who live life on their own terms.
Taylor SwiftThere are no rules when it comes to love. I just try to let love surprise me because you never know who youโre going to fall in love with. You never know whoโs going to come into your life - and for me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I donโt think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when Iโm with them.
Taylor SwiftGot a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane. But I got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name.
Taylor SwiftIf I had to give my younger self some advice, I think it would be that you have to laugh at things-things that scare you, things that intimidate you, things that hurt you, When you're humiliated, when you're rejected, you have to be able to take these bad experiences you have and turn them into a great dinner party joke.
Taylor SwiftEvery single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
Taylor SwiftI've had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it's not what I look for when I'm seeing someone.
Taylor SwiftI don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you're so mature or whatever - I don't try to act mature. Some people might say I'm mature for my age, but it's not something I'm trying to do, you know? I'm just me.
Taylor SwiftSo . . . 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!
Taylor SwiftFor me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
Taylor SwiftBe that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didnโt need a man; be that girl who never backed down.
Taylor SwiftI'm interested in Jackson Pollock's kind of art, where art is beautiful, but it's nothing, and yet it's incredible.
Taylor SwiftI don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.
Taylor SwiftMy definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
Taylor SwiftI just want to spend the rest of my life with someone who makes me smile, laugh, feel special, and supports me.
Taylor SwiftIf something happens to me, you're going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.
Taylor SwiftI don't need to edit names out of songs and I don't need to edit details out of my songs because I've always been able to be honest with my music. That's the one place where I'm never ever going to change how I do things.
Taylor SwiftA lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they're so awesome and they give me great presents.
Taylor SwiftI'm never in the same place for more than, like, three days at a time. Things can change from one minute to the next.
Taylor SwiftI find it relatively easy to keep my clothes on because I don't really feel like taking them off. It's not an urge I have. For me, 'risky' is revealing what really happened in my life through music. Risky is writing confessional songs and telling the true story about a person with enough details so everyone knows who that person is. That's putting myself out there, maybe even more than taking my shirt off.
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