Taylor Swift: “The Only Love Worth Being In Is The Love Worth Singing About”
August 6, 2013 by Coco Liberty
Taylor Swift is back in the media with a Rolling Stone Magazine interview that actually has some redeeming factors.
Swift has recently been hiding out in Rhode Island and seen paddleboarding with her father and Ed Sheeran. I definitely think something is going on between Swift and Sheeran, yet Swift is finally mature enough not to shout it from the rooftops. This relationship might actually be real… in contrast to her previous one with Harry Styles.
Here are some snippets of the Rolling Stone Interview:
RS: Onstage, you discussed writing a lot of songs in your bedroom at 2 a.m. What’s it like to go from that to playing it for a huge stadium?
TS: I think the most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea that you have in the middle of the night to a song that a group of 55,000 people is singing back to you so loudly that you can hear it louder than your own voice coming out of the speakers, in a concert in a stadium. And I think that for me, that’s the final part of the process. You know, I’m still so in love with songwriting because it’s never the same. You never get the same fragment of information as an idea. It’s never just a chorus or a first line – it’s always something different. And to piece it together in the crossword puzzle that ends up being your song and have it end up here is so rewarding, you know.
You also talked about the “fiery, difficult, complicated emotions” that drive those songs. You seem very comfortable talking about those emotions at length onstage.
I am getting to a point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about. And kind of mad love. I think that for me, when you experience something that’s worth writing a song about, chances are it’s the same kind of intense feeling that someone else has felt, and it has led them to be sitting on a bedroom floor crying, or walking through a crowded room feeling alone or feeling misunderstood by the person who’s supposed to know them better than anybody else. Those are things that make you feel really alone, and if someone’s singing a song about that feeling, then you feel bonded to that person, and I guess that’s the only way I can find an explanation why 55,000 people would want to come see me sing.
You posted some images from your Fourth of July party you had this summer. What are your other favorite offstage moments of the summer so far?
I think the Fourth of July was way up there, just because anytime there’s face-painting and frolicking involved, I’m really excited about all of those things. I’ve loved really being with my girlfriends a lot. Like, there have been a lot of kitchen dance parties with my girlfriends. The wonderful thing about playing a lot of stadiums is it’s the equivalent to playing three or four arenas, so you have a few more days off. So I’ve really enjoyed getting to have a summer and also have a really high-intensity job waiting for me.
So you’ve been hanging out in Rhode Island a lot?
I’ve been in Rhode Island a lot. I’ve been in L.A. a little bit. Man, Rhode Island’s a good place. It’s a really good place.
Are you reading or listening to anything at the moment that you’re excited about?
I’m going back and revisiting Carly Simon a lot. I’m listening to a lot of Carly Simon. And I have a copy of [F. Scott Fitzgerald’s] Tender Is the Night that I’m about to start reading, because I read it a long time ago and I want to reread it. I’ve been reading a lot of different things, but I really like [Gillian Flynn’s] Gone Girl and [Jess Walters’] Beautiful Ruins. They’re great stories. They kind of take you away.
Swift always talks about how important her girlfriends are, especially Selena Gomez. It’s nice to see girls support each others’ talents instead of letting boys and jealousy get in the way. Also, her “kitchen dance parties” in Rhode Island sound like her music video 22 are a reality.
In regard to her comment about love worth writing for, it reminds me of Carrie Bradshaw’s quote “I’m looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can’t-live-without-each-other love.” We are all looking for that kind of love and the biggest heartbreaks come from a relationship that passionate. Girls of all ages are drawn to Taylor Swift because of that feeling. Swift knows her demographic and taps into teenage love and loss. Carly Simon definitely made a career off that same feeling as well, therefore it’s only natural that Swift resonates with Simons’ music.
Her book choices are very interesting and show that Swift is a well-rounded artist. Each of those books probably serve as some form of inspiration for her new album and cover topics of love, loss, and redemption. It’s hard to believe that Swift just writes songs year after year that are top hits and appealing to the masses. She deserves time off in Rhode Island and I’m sure Sheeran is helping mend Swift’s vulnerable bleeding heart.