Writing Quotes by Taylor Swift

I write songs about what I go through.

— Taylor Swift

I always have to be writing.

— Taylor Swift

I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that.

— Taylor Swift

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

— Taylor Swift

It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.

— Taylor Swift

I keep going back to love when I write songs because I can't figure it out.

— Taylor Swift

“If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate.”

— Taylor Swift

Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.

— Taylor Swift

I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd…

— Taylor Swift

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.

— Taylor Swift

When I'm writing a record, I kind of don't listen to much music. Just because I want to be inspired solely on…

— Taylor Swift

For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demo-graphic of people I'm…

— Taylor Swift

My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because as far as I’m concerned,…

— Taylor Swift

I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions that…

— Taylor Swift

I still love sparkles and grocery shopping and really old cats that are only nice to you half the time. I still…

— Taylor Swift

I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions.

— Taylor Swift

And you know there’s nothing like writing a song about someone who’s mean to you, and just makes your life miserable…and then…

— Taylor Swift

Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write…

— Taylor Swift

You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if…

— Taylor Swift

One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's…

— Taylor Swift

I do write nice songs about the guys who are nice to me! Eventually, I'm sure one of them will write a…

— Taylor Swift

(Talks about Lucky You) "The song was about a girl who didn't fit in and she didn't care and she was different…

— Taylor Swift

I find it relatively easy to keep my clothes on because I don't really feel like taking them off. It's not an…

— Taylor Swift

I will always believe in love and I don't care what happens to me or how many times I get my heart…

— Taylor Swift

I would just be constantly writing all these zingers - like, 'Burn. That would really get her.' And I know people are…

— Taylor Swift

Throughout all of the changes that have happened in my life, one of the priorities I've had is to never change the…

— Taylor Swift

When I think about the things that cause me pain or the things that cause me trouble or frustration, it's not people…

— Taylor Swift

I write a lot of songs about love and I think that’s because to me love seems like this huge complicated thing.…

— Taylor Swift

I would read the Shel Silverstein poems, Dr. Seuss, and I noticed early on that poetry was something that just stuck in…

— Taylor Swift

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

— Taylor Swift

The words. I love words. I love to write. Being an artist is what I love.

— Taylor Swift

“I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it to feel sane.”

— Taylor Swift

I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music.

— Taylor Swift

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.

— Taylor Swift

You can write a book on how to ruin someone’s perfect day.

— Taylor Swift

I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

— Taylor Swift

I want to write a song for someone who has just fallen in love or someone single and living their live.

— Taylor Swift

I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.

— Taylor Swift

If something happens to me, you're going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.

— Taylor Swift

If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.

— Taylor Swift