Taylor Swift
The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
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.
Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love.
My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.
Writing 'We Are Never Getting Back Together' was one of the most hilarious experiences I have ever had in the studio because it just happened so naturally.
I've seen my friends take someone back after they've cheated because they fit perfectly.
If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music.
I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
I'm a girls' girl. I have guy friends, but the problem with having guy friends is, like, I always get linked to them, and they'll end up in a slideshow of people I've apparently dated on the Internet.
I think, a lot of times when you meet someone, you feel like you need to appear like you're not interested in them so that they'll be more interested in you. But what happens when you start showing him that you actually like him? What's he gonna do then? Play the tape forward; how do you keep a guy like that? I don't want to sign up for that.
I've found that men I've dated who are in the same business can be really competitive. I've found a great group of girlfriends in the same business who aren't competitive, but a few times guys have started comparing careers and it has been... challenging.
You can't generalise about an entire country, but I like the energy of British men.
I think Kenny Chesney or Garth Brooks would be the coolest duet partners. I look up to them so much for their work ethics.
I've always loved Def Leppard, ever since I was little.
So many girls come up and say to me, 'I have never listened to country music in my life. I didn't even know my town had a country-music station. Then I got your record, and now I'm obsessed.' That's the coolest compliment to me.
One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.
When I'm writing a record, I kind of don't listen to much music. Just because I want to be inspired solely on the emotion; just based on how it feels.
Since I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I've had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him.
I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.
I like the app where you can make your own memes. I make memes all the time and send them to my friends.
I really like Lady GaGa and everything she is for her fans.
I don't have a type. I don't have a specific kind of human being. It's just kind of an X-factor of sorts. Everybody I've ever dated has been a case-by-case situation.
I don't like to feel like I'm some fragile package that has to be shipped by high-priority mail and handled with white gloves.
Katie Couric is one of my favorite people.
I love being a part of the country-music community.
I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions that you can possibly delve into.
I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
I put out one album one week, and I'm already worried about the next one. I feel a lot of emotion throughout the course of a day. But not to the point where you need to be worried about me.
For me, 'risky' is revealing what really happened in my life through music. Risky is writing confessional songs and telling the true story about a person with enough details so everyone knows who that person is.
As I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing - hopefully.
I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt.
For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.
If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it's cool that happens.
People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.Collection: People
You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.Collection: Remembered
Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.Collection: Mistake
Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wearCollection: Inspirational
There is nothing wrong with avoiding people who hurt you.Collection: Hurt
If somebody hurts you, it's okay to cry a river, just remember to build a bridge and get over it.Collection: Hurt
No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.Collection: Grateful
If you're lucky enough to be different, never change.Collection: Love
Maybe you're not meant to fit in. maybe you're supposed to stand out.Collection: Creativity
Being FEARLESS isn't being 100% Not FEARFUL, it's being terrified but you jump anyway.Collection: Fearless
Never believe anyone who tells you that you don't deserve what you want.Collection: Believe
Be yourself and the right people will love you.Collection: Being Yourself
Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back togetherCollection: Girl