Taylor Swift quotes

“I can imagine it's hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn't know.”

— Taylor Swift

“I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.”

— Taylor Swift

“I love making buckwheat crepes with ham, Parmesan cheese, and a fried egg on top. It's my go-to breakfast.”

— Taylor Swift

“I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.”

— Taylor Swift

“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.”

— Taylor Swift

“I think who you are in school really sticks with you.”

— Taylor Swift

“I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.”

— Taylor Swift

“I've been a huge fan of Chris Martin forever; it'd be awesome to work with him. He's really kind, and he's been really encouraging when we've met.”

— Taylor Swift

“I've been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It's like a daily routine.”

— Taylor Swift

“I've just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.”

— Taylor Swift

“In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.”

— Taylor Swift

“It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.”

— Taylor Swift

“My absolute favorite meal in Nashville is sweet-potato pancakes at Pancake Pantry.”

— Taylor Swift

“My style advice to other girls is to be experimental but always have a 'home base' and stick with your comfort style.”

— Taylor Swift

“The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.”

— Taylor Swift

“The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation, so make your words count.”

— Taylor Swift

“There are certain people who elicit a really passionate response. It's crazy. That's my Alexander Wang theory.”

— Taylor Swift

“When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.”

— Taylor Swift

“Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.”

— Taylor Swift

“Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.”

— Taylor Swift

“Don't ever call a guy first. The thing they want the most is whatever they can't have. It sounds really juvenile, but it works.”

— Taylor Swift

“I always have to be writing.”

— Taylor Swift

“I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.”

— Taylor Swift

“I don't have big security guards. I don't have an entourage.”

— Taylor Swift

“I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.”

— Taylor Swift

“I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.”

— Taylor Swift

“I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.”

— Taylor Swift

“I have never used Auto-Tune in a live television performance, and I have never used Auto-Tune in any of my concerts. That is a promise.”

— Taylor Swift

“I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.”

— Taylor Swift

“I really like Lady GaGa and everything she is for her fans.”

— Taylor Swift