Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

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Since 1989, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has given the world some of its most quotable lines. Known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic reinventions, their words carry the weight of lived experience. Discover 33 of Taylor Swift's most memorable quotes, ranging across Music, Mom, Respect, Relationship, and Fear. Readers often gravitate to this one: "All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years."

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“All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.”

— Taylor Swift

Cool

All Quotes by Taylor Swift

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

— Taylor Swift

Music

“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.”

— Taylor Swift

Mom

“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.”

— Taylor Swift

Funny

“Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult!”

— Taylor Swift

Music

“I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.”

— Taylor Swift

Fear

“I approach love differently now that I know it's hard for it to work out.”

— Taylor Swift

Work

“Faith Hill is a big role model.”

— Taylor Swift

Faith

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

— Taylor Swift

Dating

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

— Taylor Swift

Fear

“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.”

— Taylor Swift

Business

“In a relationship each person should support the other they should lift each other up.”

— Taylor Swift

Relationship

“My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.”

— Taylor Swift

Mom

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

— Taylor Swift

Respect

“For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values.”

— Taylor Swift

Mom

“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.”

— Taylor Swift

Money

“For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.”

— Taylor Swift

Music

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

— Taylor Swift

Business

“I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are.”

— Taylor Swift

Change

“All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.”

— Taylor Swift

Cool

“All you need to do to be my friend is like me.”

— Taylor Swift

Friendship