1,310 Quotes by Taylor Swift

'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

In school if you're different that's uncool. But I try to maintain confidence in who I am...because...you know...I don't really want to change it.

Some of the most beautiful people in the whole world wake up some days and they don't think that they're pretty.

You start to realize that the things that are different about you are the things that make you special. And, as cliche as at that sounds, you realize that if you are lucky enough to have something that is different about you...don't try to hide it. I don't try to blend in anymore, it's all about standing out.

People are going to talk about you. But maybe you're having more fun than them anyway.

There is nothing wrong with avoiding people who hurt you.

When you say, 'I spent my summers at the Jersey Shore,' people always say, 'Oh, really?' They think of the TV show. So I just say, 'A cute little harbor town in New Jersey.'

If you're trying too hard to be the girl next door, you're not going to be.