Quotes from Taylor Swift

This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.

Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it's just basically another word for equality.

Maybe you won't find a place where you fit in for a very long time, but you eventually will.

Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options.

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.

Every day was a struggle. Forget making plans for life - we were just trying to make it to next week.

Having room to run and having just the space to use your imagination and create stories out of everyday life, I think that had a lot to do with me wanting write. And write songs

It's been occurring to me I'd like to hang out with you, for my whole life.1

You have to not only live your life in spite of people who don't understand you, you have to have more fun than they do.

I need that unexplainable spark. I need to see someone and feel 'oh-oh'. It's only happened a few times in my life.

I feel like in my music I can be a rebel. I can say things I wouldn't say in real life.

One of the most important things about social media is knowing when to put the phone down and experience your life.

I do not need some guy around in order to get inspiration, in order to make a great record, in order to live my life, in order to feel okay about myself. And I wanted to show my fans the same thing.

The thing about life is, every time you learn a lesson, another is waiting right at the corner. You never know everything.

They can say whatever they want about my personal life because I know what my personal life is, and it involves a lot of TV and cats and girlfriends.

And you know there's nothing like writing a song about someone who's mean to you, and just makes your life miserable…and then winning a Grammy for it.

My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.

Sometimes in life you have to be your own best friend.

I feel like my dating life has become a national pastime, and Im not comfortable providing that entertainment anymore.

If I looked at every other girl in the entertainment industry as competition, my life would be really lonely. I wouldn't have some of the coolest friends that I'm so glad I've gotten to know.

If something happens to me, you're going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.

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

I've found that men I've dated who are in the same business can be really competitive. I've found a great group of girlfriends in the same business who aren't competitive, but a few times guys have started comparing careers and it has been... challenging.

I don't have big security guards. I don't have an entourage.