Taylor Swift

“Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration.”

“Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person. That's the only way I can find an explanation for why 55,000 people would want to come see me sing.”

“I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.”

“Just because you make a good plan, doesn't mean that's what's gonna happen.”

“I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.”

“It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed.”

“I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.”

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

“If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it's cool that happens.”

“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.”

“I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you're so mature or whatever - I don't try to act mature. Some people might say I'm mature for my age, but it's not something I'm trying to do, you know? I'm just me.”

“One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's a tough pill to swallow for people around me... I do fear that if I ever were to have someone in my life who mattered, I would second-guess every one of my lyrics.”

“No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”

“If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.”

“When I'm 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I'll be like: 'Cool, I'll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.'”

“I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day.”

“I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.”

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

“There's so much about Dolly Parton that every female artist should look to, whether it's reading her quotes or reading her interviews or going to one of her live shows. She's been such an amazing example to every female songwriter out there.”

“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.”

“The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.”