01UndatedI 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.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
02UndatedA 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?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
03UndatedI've 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.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
04UndatedI 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 Swift / quote ↗
05UndatedI have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
06UndatedI'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
07Undated'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 didn't like him. All of them!Taylor Swift / quote ↗
09UndatedMy parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
10UndatedWhen you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
12UndatedI think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
13UndatedIn 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.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
14UndatedNo matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
15UndatedThere's so much about Dolly Parton that every female artist should look to, whether it's reading her quotes or reading her interviews or going to one of her live shows. She's been such an amazing example to every female songwriter out there.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
19UndatedSongs are my diaries; they always have been. You have to put your trust in everyone because putting down those real, personal details and thoughts that make a song authentic also opens you right up. I am constantly misunderstood; a lot of people just don't get me.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
20UndatedIt's so much easier to like people, and to let people in, to trust them until they prove that you should do otherwise. The alternative is being an iceberg.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
21UndatedI think I have to trust that you end up with the person you're supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
22UndatedI 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.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
24UndatedAnything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.Taylor Swift / quote ↗
