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."

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

— Taylor Swift

Respect

All Quotes by Taylor Swift

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

— Taylor Swift

Dating

“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

“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

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

— Taylor Swift

Change

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

— Taylor Swift

Cool

“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

“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 haven't had that one great love, which is good. I don't want that to be in the past - I want it to be in the future.”

— Taylor Swift

Future

“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

“I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!”

— Taylor Swift

Music

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

— Taylor Swift

Respect

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

— Taylor Swift

Happiness

“Faith Hill is a big role model.”

— Taylor Swift

Faith

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

— Taylor Swift

Music

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

— Taylor Swift

Friendship

“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

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

— Taylor Swift

Music

“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.”

— Taylor Swift

Respect

“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

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

— Taylor Swift

Work