Taylor Swift
American singer-songwriter (born 1989) who released her first album in 2006 and moved from country music to pop, folk and alternative.
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Their wordsI'm voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.
- 2 years earlier
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Their wordsNever be ashamed of trying. Effortlessness is a myth.
↗Taylor Swift's NYU Commencement address, Yankee Stadium, 18 May 2022 (transcript published by Rev)rev.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsIt was all centered around the idea that mistakes equal failure and ultimately the loss of any chance at a happy or rewarding life. This has not been my experience. My experience has been that my mistakes led to the best things in my life
↗Taylor Swift's NYU Commencement address, Yankee Stadium, 18 May 2022 (transcript published by Rev)rev.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 2 years earlier
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Their wordsWomen in music, on stage or behind the scenes, are not allowed to coast. We are held at a higher, sometimes impossible-feeling standard.
↗Taylor Swift's Woman of the Decade acceptance speech, Billboard Women in Music, Hollywood Palladium, 12 December 2019 (full text as published by Billboard)billboard.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsLately there’s been a new shift that has affected me personally and that I feel is a potentially harmful force in our industry, and as your resident loud person, I feel the need to bring it up. And that is the unregulated world of private equity coming in and buying up our music as if it is real estate. As if it’s an app or a shoe line.
↗Taylor Swift's Woman of the Decade acceptance speech, Billboard Women in Music, Hollywood Palladium, 12 December 2019 (full text as published by Billboard)billboard.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 9 months earlier
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Their wordsI’ve learned that society is constantly sending very loud messages to women that exhibiting the physical signs of aging is the worst thing that can happen to us. These messages tell women that we aren’t allowed to age. It’s an impossible standard to meet
↗30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30 (essay by Taylor Swift, ELLE, 6 March 2019)elle.com 1st of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsIt’s my opinion that in cases of sexual assault, I believe the victim. Coming forward is an agonizing thing to go through.
↗30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30 (essay by Taylor Swift, ELLE, 6 March 2019)elle.com 2nd of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsI remember people asking me, “What are you gonna write about if you ever get happy?” There’s a common misconception that artists have to be miserable in order to make good art, that art and suffering go hand in hand. I’m really grateful to have learned this isn’t true.
↗30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30 (essay by Taylor Swift, ELLE, 6 March 2019)elle.com 3rd of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsInvoking racism and provoking fear through thinly veiled messaging is not what I want from our leaders, and I realized that it actually is my responsibility to use my influence against that disgusting rhetoric.
↗30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30 (essay by Taylor Swift, ELLE, 6 March 2019)elle.com 4th of 4 in this piece
- 4 years earlier
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Their wordsThree months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing.
- 11 months earlier
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Their wordsMusic is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It's my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album's price point is.
↗For Taylor Swift, the Future of Music Is a Love Story (op-ed by Taylor Swift, The Wall Street Journal, 7 July 2014; full text as reposted to the Infowarrior mailing list)attrition.org 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsI want to make music that reflects all of my influences, and I think that in the coming decades the idea of genres will become less of a career-defining path and more of an organizational tool.
↗For Taylor Swift, the Future of Music Is a Love Story (op-ed by Taylor Swift, The Wall Street Journal, 7 July 2014; full text as reposted to the Infowarrior mailing list)attrition.org 2nd of 2 in this piece