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Taylor Swift Shares Mantra For Managing Fame’s Pressures

Taylor Swift Shares Mantra For Managing Fame’s Pressures
Taylor Swift reveals the mantra she uses when fame feels ‘unmanageably big’ · firstpost.com

Taylor Swift talked about what it is like to be very famous.

She said fame can sometimes feel too big and difficult to manage.

When that happens, she tells herself, “You chose this.”

She means that she keeps choosing music because she loves making it.

Swift said she makes songs for fans who use music to understand their own lives.

She does not expect every person to like everything she creates.

She also said criticism can sometimes give her ideas for songs.

During the conversation, she remembered her Nashville beginnings and played several songs together on piano.

Key facts

Mantra
“You chose this.”
Conversation
The Icon Sessions, a career-spanning discussion
Interviewer
Harvey Mason Jr., Recording Academy CEO
Location
Grammy Museum, Los Angeles
First single discussed
“Tim McGraw,” from Swift’s 2006 debut album
Performance
A six-minute piano mashup of “I Knew It, I Knew You,” “August” and “All Too Well”
Career reflection
Swift said songwriting came naturally, while performing, choreography and industry navigation required learning

Quotes

Taylor Swift

Singer-songwriter discussing how she copes with the pressures of fame

“You chose this. You chose this every day. You could have opted out of this any day before it got unmanageably big.”
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“I love my country roots more and more the further along this path I get and I want to honor them more and more”
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