“You… You know I would die before I let them see me, see me cry, please don’t leave tonight, oh let me down slowly, show me a light…” — I Used To Fly - Taylor Swift

“All of the days that I couldn’t get it right, they’ve all disappeared lying here by your side, with your dirty blue jeans and my crooked smile, you make it look easy changing my life..” — Making Up For Lost Love - Taylor Swift

“Yeah of course, it is tiring you know, especially when you’ve been signing autographs after a show till like 1am and you climb into your bed on your tour bus afterwards and you’re so completely exhausted that you can’t sleep and every little noise is amplified and— It’s, it is hard. Some days I’ll get maybe 4 hours of sleep, and have a 6am wake-up call, but you know, I just feel like I’m so incredibly lucky that I get to do this, I get to go on tour and meet hundreds of people each day and I experience so much first hand.. I mean I was lucky enough to get to play on tour with George Strait, and I just analysed every little aspect of the way he handles himself and others around him, how many 17yr olds can say they’ve done that? I just… you know, I think if were to reel off a list of all the things wrong with my life and my sleeping pattern and just be a completely obnoxious brat about it, I’d let a lot of people down, myself included. When you have a life as crazy and exciting as mine, you really shouldn’t try to find things to pick at, and so I hope that I always stay as optimistic about it.” — Taylor Swift in 2007 (on touring- does she ever get tired of it).

“I could never feel the kind of rejection in the music industry that I felt at middle school.” — Taylor Swift

“I don’t edit out names or personal details. I feel bad for guys a little, after I’ve written songs with their names in them, because they move on to different relationships and their new girlfriends are smacking them in the car when the song comes on.” — Taylor Swift (Country Weekly 2007)

• Taylor: Hey!
• Me: I'm so sorry to bother you, could I get a photo?
• Taylor: Sure!
• Me: Thank you so much! I love you! Oh my god, your hair! It’s gorgeous! And straight! Wow!
• Taylor: Well, thank YOU! Yeah I sort of have this thing where I straighten my hair during the winter period. I don’t know, I just… it just sorta happens. You know, it’s cold and wet and rainy and you just throw on a beanie and walk out the door. It’s effective… it’s time management at its best.
• Me: So are you gonna curl it anytime soon?
• Taylor: I don’t know. I'm still kind of in-between hair styles right now, like I’ve found out that once I find something that I really like, I tend to stick with it. Obsessively. But my curly hair has always been one of the things that defines me as a person, so I’m not going to completely banish it, you know. I'm just trying something new.
• Me: You’re being fearless!
• Taylor: Hahahahaha, I love that! Yes! Oh my god that’s totally like 2008!
• Me: Can I just add that Safe & Sound is so gorgeous! I can’t listen to it without crying, it’s so beautiful!
• Taylor: Aw, thank you! Thanks for saying that, you are too sweet! I’ve had mixed reactions of it from a lot of different people, so it means a lot to me that you like it! (She then did a weird action where she made two fists and moved her elbows to her chest and said “Yes!”)
• Me: I can’t wait to see the movie! I love the books, especially Mockingjay! Have you read that one yet?
• Taylor: Oh, The Hunger Games? I’ve read the first two, and I'm halfway through Mockingjay. It’s so great! I literally could not put them down, I read Catching Fire within two days!
• Me: Who is your favourite character??
• Taylor: That’s hard! Of course Katniss, and Peeta, cause he is so sweet, but I actually really liked Mags, is that, is that weird? I don’t know, and Finnick, and I just love them all! It’s such a great trilogy.
• Me: I agree!!!
•  (Taylor’s bodyguard was looking at her and motioning to leave)
• Me: Can I just ask you one more question?? It’s for a school project I'm doing about you!
• Taylor: Aww yeah, sure! I'm not in any hurry.
• Me: Thanks! What are your top 5 songs on your iPod right now??
• Taylor: Oooh, good one! Um, there’s a lot of really great music on my iPod right now, it’s kinda hard to choose! Um, I’d say;
•  Naleigh Moon by Josh Kelley, cause it is completely adorable and he’s so awesome..
•  Unlike Me by Kate Havnevik,
•  Valotte by Julian Lennon, it’s so catchy and he sounds like his dad!
•  Renegade by Paramore, it’s my go-to dance party song! Hayley sounds so awesome!
•  And In Search Of Peter Pan by Kate Bush, it’s so gorgeous. Listen to it, her voice is so remarkable!
• Me: Okay, I will! Thank you so much, Taylor! I love you!
• Taylor: No problem, I love you too!! Thank you for chatting with me, I’ll see you soon!
• Me: I hope so!
• Taylor: Bye!
•  (Then she walked away… If you are wondering how I can remember this it’s because I have it as a voice recording on my phone. I wanted to have something so that I’d always remember her words! I’d post it, but my voice is terrible and I’m kinda self conscious!)

“I knew I couldn’t let my publishers down, and I couldn’t let this industry down, and I knew how people were going around talking about this 14 year old who had just lucked into a major publishing deal. So, before every writing session, I’d walk in with 15 or 20 ideas of songs that were almost finished. For me, I just wanted everyone to know I was serious about it, and that, yes, I was going to high school during the day. But while I was in school, every second of my free time was spent on thinking of ideas to bring to these co-writers.” — Taylor Swift.

“I’m fascinated by how the right combination of words can jump off the page. People say country-music listeners are older and won’t relate to my music, but I know there are young fans out there.” — Taylor Swift - Teen Vogue 2008