Taylor Swift Quotes

I think you really have to tap into your sense of humor in order to survive.

I'm so lucky that I get to write my own music and write my own stories, so every single time I look down in the audience and I see somebody singing the words back to me, it makes it all worth it.

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music 'made it' the same way. It's all different. There's no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

I've apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another

I want a guy who takes charge, but lets me have my say once in a while. A good relationship is all about balance and chemistry.

Any relationship I ever have will have to be hidden, or else it will be destroyed before it even starts.

You better lose yourself in the music

You need to be happy with yourself or you'll never be able to be happy in a relationship.

Being excited about stuff on a daily basis, I'm so excited by it.

If you fall in love based on zero hours spent with me? That's maybe something to be aware of. That will fade fast. You can't be in love with a google search.

My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my merchandise stands and hands out guitar picks to fans.

My 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.

One of the things people don't really recognise about the similarities between country and hip-hop is that they're celebrations of pride in a lifestyle.

It can be heartbreaking when you find out that your fairytale image of the world doesn't match the reality.

I think loving someone, despite what people think, is FEARLESS. <3

The drama and the trauma of the relationship you have when you're 16 can mirror the one you have when you're 26. Life repeats itself.

I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is FEARLESS.

Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer

I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.

I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid.

What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of 'CSI' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes with pints of ice cream.

All you need to do to be my friend is like me.

I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.

When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.

My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.

I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.

In my opinion, the only way to conquer stage fright is to get up on stage and play. Every time you play another show, it gets better and better.

I think I'm smart unless I'm really, really in love and then I am ridiculously stupid.

My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

There are no rules when it comes to love.

Dating or finding someone is the last thing on my mind.

I’ve never been shy or secretive with the fact that if you walk into my life, you may be walking onto a record.

I think that growing up is something that you should do gradually.

When you’re young you just run, but you come back to what you need.

If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.

I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.

I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.

Seems like there's always someone who disapproves. They'll judge it like they know about me and you.

In high school, I used to think it was "like sooooo cool" if a guy had an awesome car. Now none of that matters. These days I look for character and honesty and trust.

Real love still happens sometimes. It's not just something we make up when you're nine. I have to believe that. You do too.

I'm not afraid to write my feelings in songs.

So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time. As far as I'm concerned you're just another picture to burn.

Never compare yourself to beautiful girls.

My parents have always been very respectful of me so I’ve always been really respectful of them. My worst fear is to let them down so that’s why I don’t misbehave.

I don't compete with other people in the industry, I compete with myself.

I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.

It's one of the craziest feelings to be on stage and know that you were sitting on your bedroom floor when that song came to be and now there's an arena full of people singing it.

so i sneak out to the garden to see you, we keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew, so close your eyes, escape this town for a little while.

I wanted us to have a friendly relationship [with Kanye West]. He promised to play the song for me, but he never did.