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Every quote we’ve featured, by era.
61 quotes · 11 eras · lyrics, interviews, speeches and her own writing.
61 quotes
The Tortured Poets Department
2024 · 3
Like, "Who uses typewriters anyway?"
“The Tortured Poets Department”The Tortured Poets Department
I was tame, I was gentle till the circus life made me mean.
“Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me”The Tortured Poets Department
And who’s going to hold you like me?
“The Tortured Poets Department”The Tortured Poets Department
Midnights
2022 · 5
I'm the problem, it's me
“Anti-Hero”Midnights · 2022
I’m just too soft for all of it
“Sweet Nothing”Midnights
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
“Anti-Hero”Midnights · 2022
I can still make the whole place shimmer
“Bejeweled”Midnights
I'm the problem, it's me, at tea time, everybody agrees
“Anti-Hero”Midnights · 2022
evermore
2020 · 2
folklore
2020 · 8
A friend to all is a friend to none
“cardigan”folklore · 2020
I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try
“mirrorball”folklore · 2020
Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?
“peace”folklore
Time, mystical time. Cutting me open, then healing me fine.
“Invisible String”folklore
I'm still a believer, but I don't know why
“mirrorball”folklore · 2020
When you are young they assume you know nothing
“cardigan”folklore
I've been having a hard time adjusting
“this is me trying”folklore · 2020
I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit
“the 1”folklore · 2020
Lover
2019 · 3
reputation
2017 · 6
And he can be my jailer, Burton to this Taylor
“…Ready For It?”reputation
And all the pieces fall, right into place
“So It Goes…”reputation
I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead!
“Look What You Made Me Do”reputation · 2017
I bury hatchets, but I keep maps of where I put ’em.
“End Game”reputation
But I'll be cleanin' up bottles with you on New Year's Day
“New Year’s Day”reputation
The old Taylor can't come to the phone right now
“Look What You Made Me Do”reputation · 2017
1989
2014 · 12
We show off our different scarlet letters
“New Romantics”1989 · 2014
Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes
“Bad Blood”1989 · 2014
I don't have to pretend I like acid rock
“Now That We Don't Talk”1989 (Taylor's Version) · 2023
I make the moves up as I go
“Shake It Off”1989 · 2014
Darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream
“Blank Space”1989 · 2014
Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
“Shake It Off”1989 · 2014
I wish you would come back. Wish I never hung up the phone like I did.
“I Wish You Would”1989
Remember when you hit the brakes too soon?
“Out of the Woods”1989
In a world of boys, he’s a gentleman
“Slut!”1989
I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
“Shake It Off”1989 · 2014
I've got a blank space, baby, and I'll write your name
“Blank Space”1989 · 2014
Shake it off, shake it off
“Shake It Off”1989 · 2014
Red
2012 · 10
Don't you dream impossible things?
“Starlight”Red · 2012
Now you're out in the world, searching for your soul
“I Bet You Think About Me”Red (Taylor's Version) · 2021
I've loved in shades of wrong
“State of Grace”Red · 2012
I can't say hello to you and risk another goodbye
“I Almost Do”Red · 2012
Everything has changed
“Everything Has Changed”Red · 2012
Love is a ruthless game, unless you play it good and right.
“State of Grace”Red
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22
“22”Red · 2012
And will you still want me when I'm nothing new?
“Nothing New”Red
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
“I Knew You Were Trouble”Red · 2012
We are never ever ever getting back together
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”Red · 2012
Speak Now
2010 · 3
Fearless
2008 · 5
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down
“Change”Fearless · 2008
Fearless is not the absence of fear
From her writing · 2008
You belong with me
“You Belong With Me”Fearless · 2008
Love story, baby, just say yes
“Love Story”Fearless · 2008
It's a love story, baby, just say yes
“Love Story”Fearless · 2008
Taylor Swift
2006 · 4