Taylor Swift is the December cover star of Women’s Health magazine on newsstands now – this young Country megastar hasn’t even scratched the surface of her success. I LOVE writing about her because she seems so thankful and down to Earth. 

Here are several quotes from the interview. 

Taylor wrote her first song at age 8…

“It’s my way of coping, I write when I’m frustrated, angry, or confused.  I’ve figured out a way to filter all of that into something good.”

On the subjects of her songs:

“I like to encode capital letters in the printed lyrics, so they spell out phrases.  I encoded the ‘Should’ve Said No’ guy’s name over and over.  It was only his first name, but everyone figured it out.  I’d get texts from him.  He was scared out of his mind I’d crucify him on a talk show.  All I could think was, “Well, you should’ve said no.  That’s what the song is about.’”

Wise beyond her years…

“The drama and the trauma of the relationship you have when you’re 16 can mirror the one you have when you’re 26.  Life repeats itself.”

On life in stardom:

“I am never going to be that ‘Get out of my face!’ girl.”

On the sense of security in Nashville:

“Keith and Nicole live there.  Tim and Faith live there.  We can all go to the grocery store in our sweatpants because the paparazzi have no idea Nashville exists.”

On a recent shopping outing to Victoria’s Secret:

“I look up and there are, like 15 people looking at me, with camera phones out, waiting to take a picture of which kind of underwear I’m going to buy.  Think she’s a small or an extra small?  I wanted to be, like, ‘Uh guys? I can hear you.’”

At a pre-show event, when asked “Are you seeing Joe Jonas?”:

“Anyone would be lucky to be dating him.”

This and so much more after the jump. Click on the continue reading link below to read the rest of the interview. 

Favorite lyrics:

“Something written by one of my favorite radio guys, who is also a songwriter: ‘If there was no change there would be no butterflies.’  He once sent me a thank-you note and quoted that at the bottom, writing, ‘I’m sure everyone is telling you Don’t change.  But I think the right thing to say is to always embrace change gracefully.’  That’s a beautiful line.”

Before the days of her tricked-out custom tour bus (complete with a mini chandelier and a drop-down treadmill):

“I once went on the most grueling radio tour.  Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different citiwes in one day.”

Swift’s round-the-clock schedule:

“I’ll take a red-eye and do an interview, then go to a meet-and-greet, then do an appearance, then get ready for a show, then do a conference about the album.  My brain does get fried, but I never get tired of this.”

On her upbringing:

“I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.  We had horses and cats, and my mom stayed home with [and her brother, Austin, 16].  Our dad would come home from work [he’s a stockbroker] and then go outside to make a split-rail fence.”

“It (Growing up on a Christmas tree farm) was basically a shunning – and that’s never a good thing, you know?  A lot of girls thought I was weird.  Actually, the word they liked to use was annoying.  I’d sit down at their lunch table, and they’d move to a different one.”

Her mother, Andrea, opens up about their move to Nashville when Taylor was 14:

“It was never about ‘I want to be famous.’  Taylor never uttered those words.  It was about moving to a place where she could write with people she could learn from.”

Taylor’s first job was working on songs in Nashville – she made enough money to buy herself a Lexus 430 SC convertible, which she still drives…

“…because I am monogamous when it comes to my car.”

Her friend, Abigail Anderson playfully adds,

“She got the same [model] car as the one in the movie Mean Girls.”

On her sophomore year:

“…was positively life-changing…all of a sudden, I had a lot more friends.”

Best Advice from Her Dad:

“He is the king of one-liners, so he has about 50 million pieces of advice.  He’ll say, ‘Buy Bonds!’ instead of ‘Bye-Bye!’ Because he’s a stockbroker.”

Who she’d like to be stuck in a n elevator with:

“Ellen DeGeneres.  That situation would panic a lot of people but she’d be like, ‘Hey, whatever!’ and make a joke.  Then we’d laugh and dance.”

How many texts she sends on an average day:

“Ten.  It’s funny, I thought the contact list in my phone would grow if I was in the music industry.  But I had more people in my phone book when I was in high school!”

Best Mom Advice:

“Don’t ever call a guy first.  The thing they want the most is whatever they cant have.  It sounds really juvenile, but it works.”