Quotes By Taylor Swift

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

At 24 I decided that my life is enough for me, and I stopped looking for some other piece to complete it. I also learned how to needlepoint ironic cross-stitches of rap lyrics and gave them to my friends as presents. I'll let you decide which is the more important revelation.

My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there.

Seems like the only one who doesn't see your beauty is the face in the mirror looking back at you.

I've learned that you can't predict [love] or plan for it. For someone like me who is obsessed with organization and planning, I love the idea that love is the one exception to that. Love is the one wild card.

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.'

This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.

Never never never compare yourself to the beautiful girls. There's always someone gorgeous who will make you feel like you're not. It's a total confidence buster!

There's always that seventh-grade girl who looks like she's 25. And you're like, How do you do it? How do you do it, Sarah Jaxheimer? Why is your hair always so shiny?!

I leave the genre labeling to other people. I really do. If I were to think too hard about it, that would stifle you creatively. If you think too hard about who other people want you to be as an artist, it stops you from being who you want to be as an artist.

I've wanted one thing in my life. I don't want to be that girl that gets that one thing then complains.

Sophistication isn't what you wear or who you know, or pushing people down to get you where you want to go... soon your gonna find stealing other people toys on the playground won't make you many friends.

If you have enough natural chemistry with someone, you overlook every single thing that you said would break the deal.

The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.

There'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.

You only get so many firsts, each one is a blessing.

People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.

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

I'm not even going to be able to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18.

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