"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 thro… - Taylor Swift

Engraved portrait of Taylor Swift, facing right

"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. Love is a tricky business. But if it wasn't, I wouldn't be so enthralled with it. Lately I've come to a wonderful realization that makes me even more fascinated by it: I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to love. No one does! There's no pattern to it, except that it happens to all of us, of course. I can't plan for it. I can't predict how it'll end up. Because love is unpredictable and it's frustrating and it's tragic and it's beautiful. And even though there's no way to feel like I'm an expert at it, it's worth writing songs about — more than anything else I've ever experienced in my life."

English
Collect this quote

About Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift (born 13 December 1989) is an American singer-songwriter.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, iHeartRadioCA (CC BY)

Also Known As

Birth Name: Taylor Alison Swift
Alternative Names: Nils Sjöberg

Share this quote as an image

Customize card

Go Premium

Support Quotewise while enjoying an ad-free experience and premium features.

View Plans

Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.

Additional quotes by Taylor Swift

I’ve learned that you can’t predict [love] or plan for it. For someone like me who is obsessed with organization and planning, I love the idea that love is the one exception to that. Love is the one wild card.

So this is me swallowing my pride,
Standing in front of you
Saying I'm sorry for that night.
And I go back to December all the time.
Turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,
Wishing that I realized what I had when you were mine.
I go back to December, turn around and make it all right.
I go back to December all the time.

Go Premium

Support Quotewise while enjoying an ad-free experience and premium features.

View Plans
Loading...