Quotes by Taylor Swift

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.

Ive always strived to be successful, not famous.

People havent always been there for me, but music always has.

I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I dont need to be blonde when Im 60!

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.

A lot of people ask me, How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry? Its because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if theyre gonna say no to you, at least theyre gonna be polite about it.

Ive always felt music is the only way to give an instantaneous moment the feel of slow motion. To romanticise it and glorify it and give it a soundtrack and a rhythm.

I dont like it when people who are young act like theyre 40. Thats taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like youre so mature or whatever - I dont try to act mature. Some people might say Im mature for my age, but its not something Im trying to do, you know? Im just me.

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

Im always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if Im going to get up in the morning.

Love Story is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didnt like him. All of them!

I think about food literally all day every day. Its a thing.

My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.

When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when Im 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 think every girls dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

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.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Theres so much about Dolly Parton that every female artist should look to, whether its reading her quotes or reading her interviews or going to one of her live shows. Shes been such an amazing example to every female songwriter out there.

You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought youd experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.