1163: Taylor Swift
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/05/07
2019
“According to my birth certificate, I turn 30 this year. It’s weird because part of me still feels 18 and part of me feels 28, but the actual, factual age I currently am is 29.”
“If I did something good, it was for the wrong reasons. If I did something brave, I didn’t do it correctly. If I stood up for myself, I was throwing a tantrum.”
2020
“There’ll be happiness after you, but there was happiness because of you — both of these things can be true.”
2022
“We are each a patchwork quilt of those who have loved us… Those who showed us empathy and kindness or told us the truth even when it wasn’t easy to hear.”
“Part of growing up and moving into new chapters of your life is about catch and release… Decide what is yours to hold and let the rest go… You get to pick what your life has time and room for.”
“Learn to live alongside cringe… Cringe is unavoidable over a lifetime.”
“Being embarrassed when you mess up is part of the human experience… Getting back up, dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it? That’s a gift.”
2023
“Nothing is permanent… So I’m very careful to be grateful every second that I get to be doing this at this level, because I’ve had it taken away from me before.”
“There is one thing I’ve learned: My response to anything that happens, good or bad, is to keep making things. Keep making art…Trash takes itself out every single time.”
2024
“For me, the award is the work. All I want to do is keep being able to do this. I love it so much. It makes me so happy.”
“I would love to tell you that this is the best moment of my life, but I feel this happy when I finish a song… or when I crack the code to a bridge that I love.”
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