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" Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places. "

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Look

" I created my MySpace page in eighth grade, because that's how all my friends talked to each other, so I made one, too. Then, all of a sudden, my friends started putting my songs on their profiles, and then their relatives, their friends in different states did. "

" When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts. "

Taylor Swift

Away

Gifts

" 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. "

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

Taylor Swift

Friends

Singers

" 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. "

" Every one of my regrets has produced a song I'm proud of. "

" It is possible for a woman to be a romantic, but also to be single and to be happy. "

" I think that when you're making your way up in the music industry, you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry, your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second. "

Taylor Swift

Great

Music

" I've never been shy or secretive with the fact that if you walk into my life, you may be walking onto a record. "

" I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12. "

" Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear about it someday. "

" Just because you make a good plan, doesn't mean that's what's gonna happen. "

" My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion. "

" As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There's a select few that will never like me. They don't like what I stand for. They don't like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They're going to be negative no matter what. "

" I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do. "

" When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions 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! "

Taylor Swift

People

Day

" I am completely fascinated by the differences and comparisons between real life and fairy tales because we're raised as little girls to think that we're a princess and that Prince Charming is going to sweep us off our feet. "

" I try to read as much as I can. I try to read an informative article every day. I try to stay read up on our world issues. "

" I think I have to trust that you end up with the person you're supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff. "

" I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is - this thing that happens to everyone, so I've heard. "

" I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night. "

" As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger. "

" 'The Story of Us' is about running into someone I had been in a relationship with at an awards show, and we were seated a few seats away from each other. I just wanted to say to him, 'Is this killing you? Because it's killing me.' But I didn't. Because I couldn't. Because we both had these silent shields up. "

" When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream. "

Taylor Swift

Growing Up

Dream

" I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter. "

" I don't know if I could do this with the same energy, and in the same way - all the costume changes and glitter and hair and makeup - all the time. When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden. "

" 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. "

Taylor Swift

Life

Know