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
When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it’s been a precise decision-making process for these people. They make decisions based on what they love, and they do only the things that they are passionate about. They play only characters that they can’t stop thinking about. – Taylor Swift
I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive. – Taylor Swift
I don’t compare myself to anyone else; I don’t make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that’s okay by me. – 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
My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It’s not just 15-year-old girls. That’s kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from. – Taylor Swift
I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head. – Taylor Swift
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. – 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 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. – Taylor Swift
Factoring in millions of people when I’m writing a song is not a good idea. I don’t ever do it. – Taylor Swift
I can’t deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you. It’s a conscious thing; it’s a common-sense thing. – Taylor Swift
I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse. – Taylor Swift
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
A lot of people ask me, ‘How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?’ It’s because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they’re gonna say no to you, at least they’re gonna be polite about it. – Taylor Swift
There are certain people who elicit a really passionate response. It’s crazy. That’s my Alexander Wang theory. – Taylor Swift
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. – Taylor Swift
Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it’s a green light. – Taylor Swift
People like music when they’re in love, but they don’t need it as much. You need music when you’re missing someone or you’re pining for someone or you’re forgetting someone or you’re trying to process what just happened. – Taylor Swift
But when I hear a great song, I can’t help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under. – Taylor Swift
I don’t think there’s an option for me to fall in love slowly or at medium speed. I either do, or I don’t. – Taylor Swift