Quotes By Taylor Swift

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.

A development deal is where they're giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they'll put an album out.

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

I've got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play.

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.

Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.

I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.

I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.

I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.

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

When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears.

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.

If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation.

I know my flaws before other people point them out to me.

I'm not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I'm the girl who rarely has a boyfriend.

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.

When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.

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 have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels.

In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature.

I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.

I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart.

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.

I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.

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

I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate.

I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.

Love is the one wild card.

A lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they're so awesome and they give me great presents.