11 quotes that prove Taylor Swift is a badass
1. âGuarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone whoâs only texting you back three words. Iâve learned that from trying to figure out people who donât deserve to be figured out.â
2. âIâve never felt edgy or cool or sexy. Not one time. Itâs not important for girls to be those things. Itâs important for girls to be imaginative, intelligent, hardworking, strong, smart, charming.â
3. âAfter Fearless, I had a lot of people say âSheâs an 18 year old girl, thereâs no way she carried her weight in those writing sessions.â There was no way I could prove them wrong other than to write my entire next record solo, so thatâs what I did.â
4. âIf a guy shares his experience in writing, heâs brave. If a woman shares her experience in writing, sheâs over-sharing, sheâs over-emotional, or she might be crazy.â
5. âI say to Apple with all due respect, itâs not too late to change this policy and change the minds of those in the music industry who will be deeply and gravely affected by this. We donât ask you for free iPhones. Please donât ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.â
6. âIf a dude is threatened by the fact that I need security, if they make me feel like I am some sort of princessy divaâthatâs a bad sign. I donât have security to make myself look cool, or like I have an entourage. I have security because thereâs a file of stalkers who want to take me home and chain me to a pipe in their basement.â
7. âFor a long time I was drawn toâand still am drawn toâpeople I find very interesting. [But] someone who sits and talks about themselves for an hour, you start to maybe wonder if, rather than trying so hard to be interesting, they could be a little bit more interested.â
8. âI knew some people would hear âBlank Spaceâ and say, See, we were right about her. And at that point, I just figure if you donât get the joke, you donât deserve to get the joke.â
9. âWith 1989, I was really putting my neck on the line, because I was the one saying I need to change directions musically. And my label and management were the ones saying âAre you sure, are you positive? This is risky.â And I was the one who had to come back every time and say, 'No, this is what weâre doing.ââ
10. âThe stakes are really high if you mess up, if you slack off and donât make a good record, if you make mistakes based on the idea that you are larger than life and you can just coast. If you start thinking youâve got it down, thatâs when you run into trouble.â
11. âI think there is a lesson in knowing that you can live your life in a way that youâre proud of and people are still gonna take shots.â



















