Most 19-year-olds don’t get to be famous country singers, but then again, most aren’t Taylor Swift.
The sweet songstress is modest about her fame, however, telling the Associated Press that her success has been "really fun."
"I wanted this, since the time I was a little girl. I’ve always just wished that maybe someday people would care about the words that I wrote," she says. "I’m so lucky that my songs are basically my diary put to music. I’m so lucky that I get to write my own music and write my own stories, so every single time I look down in the audience and I see somebody singing the words back to me, it makes it all worth it."
And as for that good girl image, Taylor doesn’t mind it, as long as she gets to be a bad girl in one aspect.
"You know I don’t really rebel in a lot of areas in my life. … But the one place where I’m allowed to rebel, and the one place where I’m allowed to not worry about censoring myself is my music," she confesses. "I don’t need to edit names out of songs and I don’t need to edit details out of my songs because I’ve always been able to be honest with my music. That’s the one place where I’m never ever going to change how I do things."
The "Fearless" artist will be featured in her very own hour-long Dateline special on Sunday night, May 31.
Being a guest on Oprah Winfrey’s show is an exciting moment for any young celebrity, and now Taylor Swift has seen her lifelong dream come true: the 19-year-old country star taped an episode of the show last month, surprising one special young fan.
Taylor took a break from her "Fearless" tour to stop by Oprah’s Chicago studio for the episode, which airs May 18. The show will be the finale of "Oprah’s Search for the World’s Smartest and Most Talented Kids," showcasing youngsters from around the world.
If you were hoping to get tickets to Taylor Swift’s May 22 concert at the Staples Center L.A., we hope you acted quickly! The show sold out this morning in a lightning quick two minutes, according to her tour publicist. Hey, you snooze, you lose!
The country star will get a taste of performing at the venue Sunday night during the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, where she’ll be debuting her song "Fifteen" from her Fearless album.
Fans that missed out on tickets for the L.A. show have a little time to practice their speedy ticket-buying techniques, as the rest of Taylor’s shows go on sale next Friday, Feb. 13.
We know you had questions for country star Taylor Swift, and luckily she was happy to sit down to take the time to answer them in this exclusive video for OK!.
Taylor didn’t hold back, answering a range of inquiries from her most personal songs on her new album, Fearless, to what makes her nervous.
"I only like to write songs where I’m picturing a person as I’m singing it," she reveals to OK!, "And I try to make my songs as detailed and personal and obvious as possible."
As for what makes her the most nervous in her job,Taylor admits that performing on TV is a much more stressful situation than singing at a non-televised concert.
"With performing on the CMAs and any other national TV, it’s always a little nervewracking," she tells OK!, "because you don’t want to fall, you want to sound good, you want to look good, you wanna make sure you come across right. And it’s TV so it’s all this stress on you."
We think you do great on TV, Taylor!
Check out the video below to hear the rest of Taylor’s answers to your questions:
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