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Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter known for her narrative lyrics and diverse musical style. Since the release of her self-titled debut album in 2006, Swift has quickly become a leading figure in the global pop music scene. Her music blends elements of country, pop, and rock, winning her numerous awards and a dedicated fanbase.

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Famous Taylor Swift Quotes

“We find ourselves in that situation where we want to believe, we want to think we're the exception, we want to think we can change someone or tame a lion or make a bad guy good or something like that but 9 times out of 10 we end up looking back going, "Oh, shame on me, should've seen that one coming!"”

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“I'm the kind of person who needs to feel like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes badly, that's horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it was worth it.”

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“When I'm thinking about going on a date with some guy or considering liking him, it really doesn't matter what they do or how that affects my career.”

Thinking Matter Guy Careers Considering

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“A development deal is an in-between record deal. It's like, a guy saying that he wants to date you but not be your boyfriend. You know, they don't wanna sign you to an actual record deal or put an album out on you. They wanna watch your progress for a year.”

Knows Want Years Guy Deals Watches Records Progress Development Albums Your Boyfriend

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“If people ask me about it, I think it would be great for me to be like, 'Look, [Kanye West] called me and told me the line before it came out. Like, joke's on you guys, we're fine'.”

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“Everything that happens to me gets put into a song. For some reason, I'm really comfortable talking about my personal life in songs. There, I don't hold back: names, dates, times, expressions on people's faces, exactly where we were and how it felt, what I wish I would have said to them in the moment. So I'm not only excited about sharing the songs with fans; I'm also pretty interested to hear the response from the guys I've written about on the record.”

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“When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive. In high school, I used to think it was "like sooooo cool" if a guy had an awesome car. Now none of that matters. These days I look for character and honesty and trust.”

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“I do write nice songs about the guys who are nice to me! Eventually, I'm sure one of them will write a response - that's a pretty scary concept, actually! But I make sure I only write bad songs about the ones who deserve it.”

Writing Guy Song Nice Deserve Response Scary

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“If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered.”

Ifs Love Life Guy Relationship Cry Friends Dating

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“I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.”

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“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.”

Want Firsts Guy Sound Juvenile

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“Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.”

Has Beens Guy Song Written Fans

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“I was never a boy magnet at school. There was always the girl all the guys liked and wanted to date, but it was never me.”

Wanted School Guy Girl Boys Magnet

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“I'm sick of the tabloids' saying I obsess over guys. Why would you obsess over guys? They don't like it.”

Guy Sick Tabloids

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“In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.”

Knows Guy Easy Black Tales Spots Fairy Fairy Tale Bad Guys Capes

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“'Love Story' is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn't like him. All of them!”

Said Stories Guy My Friends My Family Love Story

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“I think, a lot of times when you meet someone, you feel like you need to appear like you're not interested in them so that they'll be more interested in you. But what happens when you start showing him that you actually like him? What's he gonna do then? Play the tape forward; how do you keep a guy like that? I don't want to sign up for that.”

Thinking Want Needs Feels Play Happens Guy Like You Tape Not Interested

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“I'm a girls' girl. I have guy friends, but the problem with having guy friends is, like, I always get linked to them, and they'll end up in a slideshow of people I've apparently dated on the Internet.”

People Ends Problem Guy Girl Internet Linked Guy Friend

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“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.”

Men Has Beens Guy Found Challenges Careers Groups Compare Girlfriend

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“You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.”

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“I suffer from girlnextdooritis where the guy is friends with you and that's it.”

Guy Suffering Relationship Cute Relationship

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“When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.”

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“In high school, I used to think it was "like sooooo cool" if a guy had an awesome car. Now none of that matters. These days I look for character and honesty and trust.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Matter Character School Used Guy Car Honesty High School These Days Trust And Honesty

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“I rode an elevator with a guy who was whistling the tune of 'this is the song that never ends'. Putting that on me? Come on dude.”

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“I think there's something so attractive about mystery. There's something so attractive about the chase. And the bad guy ... bad boys know how to keep the chase going throughout an entire relationship because you never know if you completely have them or not. That's why they're so hard to get over.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Hard Guy Boys Know How Mystery Attractive Get Over Bad Guys Bad Boy

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“(Talks about a school production) 'There was one solo; but it was a guy. It was this character called 'Freddy Fast Talk' and it was the bad guy. I didn't care, I was like I will dress up like a guy, I want to sing that song. And so I remembered we drew on eyebrows, and I had like a moustache,and we put all my hair up in this hat. So I dressed like a guy and sang the solo.”

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“(Talk about Kelly Pickler)"She's like a sister.People say we're such opposites, but that's what makes us such good friends. She's incredibly blunt. I love that about her. If some guy has said or done something to me she doesn't like, she'll grab my cell phone and say, 'I'm deleting his number.”

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“Ryan Seacrest: Trouble, trouble trouble. So why do girls go for the bad guys, what is it Taylor Swift? Why? Taylor Swift: Because maybe we could change them! Everybody wants to like tame a lion.”

Want Guy Girl Trouble Lions Bad Guys

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“If you want some big revelation, since 2010 I have dated exactly two people. The fact that there are slide shows of a dozen guys that I either hugged on a red carpet or met for lunch or wrote a song with ... it's just kind of ridiculous.”

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“If guys don't want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things.”

Ifs Want Writing Guy Song Bad Things Want Me

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“I want a guy who takes charge, but lets me have my say once in a while. A good relationship is all about balance and chemistry.”

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“Never let a boy be your life. They can live in your world, but never make a guy your world.”

World Guy Boys

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“You realize the bad guy isn't wearing a black cape or easy to spot; he's funny, makes you laugh, and has perfect hair.”

Guy Easy Black Realizing Perfect Laughing Hair Spots Bad Guys Capes Make You Laugh

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“My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting. That's just a phase I've been in lately. I don't think this should be how i proceed in life. It's important to be self-aware about these things because you don't want to end up with that guy.”

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“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.”

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“I could make the bad guys good for a weekend.”

Guy Weekend Bad Guys Blank Space

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“You should vote for Neoprene Byzantine in the Hot Hundred, they're really sweet guys and that Moscow song is just wow! Hurry guys voting closes really soon mwah!”

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About the Author

Born: December 13, 1989
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 977

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