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111 quotes · 11 eras · lyrics, interviews, speeches and her own writing.
111 quotes
The Tortured Poets Department
2024 · 16
But you are what you did
“The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
Old habits die screaming
“The Black Dog”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
All that time you were throwin' punches, I was buildin' somethin
“thanK you aIMee”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
Lookin' backwards might be the only way to move forward
“The Manuscript”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
You know how to ball, I know Aristotle
“So High School”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned
“Peter”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
I changed into goddesses, villains, and fools
“Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
Pick your poison, babe, I'm poison either way
“imgonnagetyouback”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
Nostalgia is a mind's trick
“I Hate It Here”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
I'm addicted to the 'if only
“I Look in People's Windows”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
We learned the right steps to different dances
“How Did It End?”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
I cry a lot, but I am so productive, it's an art
“I Can Do It With a Broken Heart”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
They say, "What doesn't kill you makes you aware
“Cassandra”The Tortured Poets Department · 2024
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 · 8
So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it
“You're On Your Own, Kid”Midnights · 2022
Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out
“Labyrinth”Midnights · 2022
To you I can admit that I'm just too soft for all of it
“Sweet Nothing”Midnights · 2022
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 · 5
The more that you say, the less I know
“willow”evermore · 2020
Never be so polite you forget your power / Never wield such power you forget to be polite
“marjorie”evermore · 2020
I'm fine with my spite and my tears, and my beers and my candles
“closure”evermore · 2020
You had some tricks up your sleeve
“cowboy like me”evermore
But I come back stronger than a 90s trend
“willow”evermore
folklore
2020 · 18
The wedding was charming, if a little gauche
“the last great american dynasty”folklore · 2020
Could've followed my fears all the way down
“this is me trying”folklore · 2020
If you never bleed, you're never gonna grow
“the 1”folklore · 2020
You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else
“illicit affairs”folklore · 2020
Just one single glimpse of relief to make some sense of what you've seen
“epiphany”folklore · 2020
The rain is always gonna come if you're standing with me
“peace”folklore · 2020
Is it romantic how all my elegies eulogize me?
“the lakes”folklore · 2020
And women like hunting witches too
“mad woman”folklore · 2020
Anywhere I want, just not home
“my tears ricochet”folklore · 2020
Something med school did not cover
“epiphany”folklore · 2020
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 · 5
I once believed love would be burning red, but it's golden
“Daylight”Lover · 2019
Who could ever leave me, darling? But who could stay?
“The Archer”Lover · 2019
I'm the only one of me
“ME!”Lover · 2019
American glory faded before me.
“Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince”Lover
It isn’t love, it isn’t hate, it’s just indifference
“I Forgot That You Existed”Lover
reputation
2017 · 8
My reputation's never been worse, so you must like me for me
“Delicate”reputation · 2017
Nothing good starts in a getaway car
“Getaway Car”reputation · 2017
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 · 16
Everybody here was someone else before
“Welcome to New York”1989 · 2014
Just because you're clean don't mean you don't miss it
“Clean”1989 · 2014
Life was never worse, but never better
“Wonderland”1989 · 2014
I can see the end as it begins
“Wildest Dreams”1989 · 2014
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 · 20
This is falling in love in the cruelest way
“Come Back... Be Here”Red · 2012
How can a person know everything at 18 but nothing at 22?
“Nothing New”Red (Taylor's Version) · 2021
We're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time
“22”Red · 2012
Words, how little they mean when you're a little too late
“Sad Beautiful Tragic”Red · 2012
Nothing safe is worth the drive
“Treacherous”Red · 2012
Time is taking its sweet time erasing you
“Sad Beautiful Tragic”Red · 2012
You took the money and your dignity, and got the hell out
“The Lucky One”Red · 2012
Criticize the way you fly when you're soaring through the sky
“Nothing New”Red (Taylor's Version) · 2021
Tonight I'm gonna dance for all that we've been through
“Holy Ground”Red · 2012
It's supposed to be fun turning twenty-one
“All Too Well (10 Minute Version)”Red (Taylor's Version) · 2021
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 · 4
Today is never too late to be brand new
“Innocent”Speak Now · 2010
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone
“Never Grow Up”Speak Now · 2010
So this is me sealing my pride. Standing in front of you saying I’m sorry for that night.
“Back to December”Speak Now
The lingering question kept me up — 2 AM, who do you love?
“Enchanted”Speak Now · 2010
Fearless
2008 · 6
I know you were on my side even when I was wrong
“The Best Day”Fearless · 2008
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 · 5
I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world
“A Place in This World”Taylor Swift · 2006
Our song is the slamming screen door
“Our Song”Taylor Swift · 2006
What a rainy ending given to a perfect day.
“Cold As You”Taylor Swift
I'm only me when I'm with you
“I'm Only Me When I'm With You”Taylor Swift · 2006
Tim McGraw, you'll find your way back to me
“Tim McGraw”Taylor Swift · 2006