Quotes by Taylor Swift

• Success is not defined by the perfection of your journey, but by the persistence to keep traveling despite the roadblocks.
• I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'
• When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It's happening.
• There are no rules when it comes to love.
• My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.
• Love always ends differently and it always begins differently - especially with me.
• In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature.
• In a relationship each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.
• If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered.
• I'm not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I'm the girl who rarely has a boyfriend.
• I'm not afraid to write my feelings in songs.
• I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.
• I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.
• 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 don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!
• You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you'd 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.
• 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.
• Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult!
• I know my flaws before other people point them out to me.
• I haven't had that one great love, which is good. I don't want that to be in the past - I want it to be in the future.
• I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
• I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!
• I believe when it comes to love, there's something intangible about who we are attracted to, and I don't think I have a pattern.
• I approach love differently now that I know it's hard for it to work out.
• I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.
• For me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I don't think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I'm with them.
• For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values.
• Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes.
• Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.
• All you need to do to be my friend is like me.
• I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.
• It feels kinda weird being back in a high school cause I haven't been in a high school for about a year. So um, it's kinda interesting coming back, and y'know seeing the lockers, with all the signs, the handmade signs, so being in high school again is a little bit strange but in a good way.
• Don't be afraid to stand out in a world that constantly tries to blend in. Your greatest strength lies in your uniqueness.
• The hardest battle you will ever have to fight is the battle to be yourself in a world that wants you to be like everyone else.
• True courage is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to face it head-on.
• The only limits that exist are the ones you place on yourself; break free and watch the world unfold before you.
• Stay curious, stay weird, stay incredible.
• The only person you were born to be is yourself
• Mistakes are proof that you're trying.
• Happiness is found in the moments you choose to create.
• In the face of adversity, strength is found in an unwavering belief in oneself.
• The only way to achieve greatness is to take risks and follow your passions.
• Success is not determined by how often you fall, but how many times you rise after each fall.
• If Cinderella had furry boots and a hoverboard, I believe in being pitied by nobody...except her cruel stepsisters.
• Don't stumble over something behind you.
• In a world full of temporary things, you are a perpetual force.
• Success is not about getting everything right, it's about making a million little mistakes and not giving up.
• Life is like a book—make each chapter worth reading.
• You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.
• Do your squats, eat your veggies, wear red lipstick, don't let boys be mean to you.
• Life is too short to worry about what others say or think about you. Just be yourself and stay humble.
• Why be moody when you can shake your booty?
• Do not compare yourself to others. The sun and the moon shine at different times, both still brighten the sky.
• Success is like a casserole—the outstanding dishes are often hidden beneath layers of blisteringly uncomfortable learning.
• Success is like a coffee; it's fueled by knowledge, creativity, and a sprinkle of risk amidst the stir.
• Success is perseverance in disguise – even when disguised as failure and letting laughter be your guide.
• Success is just failure masquerading in a fancy outfit, but don't be fooled—style it to your advantage!
• Success is not measured by the size of your accomplishments, but by the smiles you find along the way.
• Success is not just I totally leap over adversity; it's ensuring that I look good doing a delightful Charleston.
• Life is like a camera. Focus on what’s important, capture the good times, and if things don't work out, take another shot!
• Success is not the destination, but the embarrassing selfie stages along the way.