My girlfriends and I talk a lot about feminism and the inequality between the way men and women are talked about, the kind of things we say are, ‘Why is it mischievous, fun and sexy if a guy has a string of lovers that he’s cast aside; loved and left? Yet if a woman dates...

Lights flash and we’ll run for the fencesLet them say what they want we won’t hear it

My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet…is that they all realize their worth and ask for it.

We should love, not fall in love, because everything that falls, gets broken.

Daily Reminders1) Never compare myself to other people. It is comparing my behind the scenes to their highlight reel.2) Stay here, now. I will not think to far forward or back.3) It’s okay to not be fine.4) Taylor need’s me so I’m going to take care of myself.

These days, I’ve been trying to classify my thoughts into two categories: “Things I can change,” and “Things I can’t.” It seems to help me sort through what to really stress about. But there I go again, over-planning and over-organizing my over-thinking! I write songs about my adventures and misadventures, most of which concern love....

I write a lot of songs about love and I think that’s because to me love seems like this huge complicated thing. But it seems like every once in a while, two people get it figured out, two people get it right. And so I think the rest of us, we walk around daydreaming about...

The way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name; it’s beautiful, wonderful, don’t you ever change.

That I always had space to run and that I had the opportunity to play with my imagination. I also loved that my mum drew and painted with me. I always remember that my parents loved me, and that is essential when you’re a kid; they always showed me how proud they were of my...

It’s hard to fight when the fight ain’t fair.

People haven’t always been there for me but music always has.

Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who’s only texting you back three words. I’ve learned that from trying to figure out people who don’t deserve to be figured out.

If somebody hurts you, it’s okay to cry a river, just remember to build a bridge and get over it.

I wish [that when] I was 12 years old I’d been able to watch a video of my favourite actress explaining in such an intellectual, beautiful, poignant way the definition of feminism — I would have understood it and then earlier on in my life I would have proudly claimed that I was a feminist,...

With you I’d dance in the rain in my best dress, fearless

I never want to change so much that people can’t recognize me.

I’ve apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another. It’s been going on for quite some time now, without me knowing it. I’ve found that growing up can mean a lot of things. For me, it doesn’t mean I should become somebody completely new...

Standing there at the stage door to the rest of your life. Time to dip your toe into the deep end. Try things. Say hi already. Laugh a lot. Mess up. Apologize. Mess up again. Hug people. Take chances. Trust yourself. Lose things. Get over it. Hold your friends close. Gather your strength. Gain wisdom...

I think I fall into the category of the hopeless romantic, and I think youdo too, because you’re here…The tricky thing about us, the hopeless romantic, is when we fall in love with someone, when we say hello—and it’s magical—we never imagine that hello can turn into a goodbye. And when we kiss someone—and it’s...

Wasn’t it beautiful when you believed in everything?

If you think about human nature, our favourite pair of shoes are the ones we bought yesterday, our favourite thing is the newest thing that we have…and the thing we’ve seen the most and for the longest period of time is our reflection in the mirror, so obviously that’s going to be our least favourite...

There are no rules when it comes to love. I just try to let love surprise me because you never know who you’re going to fall in love with. You never know who’s going to come into your life – and for me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I...

You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you’d experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.

At some point you have to forget about grudges because they only hurt.

There are two different categories of love. The first category is called a fairytale. The second category of love is called just another lesson

The tiniest thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, and can change who you are.

You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors. It’s the morning of your very first day. You say hi to your friends you ain’t seen in a while, try and stay out of everybody’s way. It’s your freshman year and your gonna be here for the next four years in this town....

I’ve found time can heal most anything and you just might find who you’re supposed to be.

The only one who’s got enough of me to break my heart.

Everybody has that point in their life where you hit a crossroads and you’ve had a bunch of bad days and there’s different ways you can deal with it and the way I dealt with it was I just turned completely to music.

Hang on. It gets easier, and then it gets okay, and then it feels like freedom.

If they don`t like you for being yourself, be yourself even more

For a female to write about her feelings, and then be portrayed as some clingy, insane, desperate girlfriend in need of making you marry her and have kids with her, I think that’s taking something that potentially should be celebrated—a woman writing about her feelings in a confessional way—that’s taking it and turning it and...

I’ve always been a hugger. If we all hugged more, the world would be a better place 🙂

Went to get coffee today-opened my change purse. Sea shells fell out. Barista goes “Sorry, we only take cash or credit.” So there’s that.

FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again….even though every time you’ve tried before you’ve lost.

Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there’s no right answer

I don’t talk about my personal life so they [the media] had to make one up for me.

do not compare yourself to others. if you do so you are insulting yourself.

If they don’t like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.

You’re going to have people who are going to say ‘Oh, you know like, she just writes songs about her ex-boyfriends’ and I think frankly that’s a very sexist angle to take. No one says that about Ed Sheeran. No one says it about Bruno Mars. They’re all writing songs about their exes, their current...

This album is called “FEARLESS,” and I guess I’d like to clarify why we chose that as the title. To me, “FEARLESS” is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, FEARLESS is having fears. FEARLESS is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, FEARLESS is living in spite of those...

I don’t think you should wait. I think you should speak now.

But I miss screamin’ and fightin’ and kissin’ in the rain and it’s 2 a.m. and I’m cursin’ your name. You’re so in love the you act insane, and that’s the way I loved you.

I don’t let nobody see me wishin’ he was mine

You have to be happy with who you are and the choices you make. If you don’t like yourself, you’ll never be truly happy.

I took a chance, I took a shot And you may think I’m bullet-proof, but I’m not. You took a swing, I took it hard. And down here from the ground I see who you are

Don’t ever regret being honest. Period.

You can walk away and say “We don’t need this.” but something in your eyes says “We can beat this.

We were both young when I first saw you. I close my eyes and the flashback starts. I’m standin’ there on a balcony in summer air.