Taylor Swift is known for confessional lyrics that slyly chronicle her romances with famous (and not so famous) men. But on occasion, Swift also speaks up when away from the mic. Here's a look at what we like to call Swift-ology.
"I think who you are in school really sticks with you. I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here." -- Vogue, 2012
"I've had countless opportunities to do some really bad things. And then people start combing through everything that I do trying to find the next mistake and misperception, which leads to more scrutiny." -- Elle, 2010
"For me, rebelling is done with words: I love to write honest songs that name real people, then get up onstage and live out those emotions in front of 15,000 people. Penciling in a night to get wasted is not something I want to do." -- Glamour, 2009
"I love having a goal, feeling like I'm on a mission. I love trying to beat what I've done so far." -- Marie Claire, 2010
"I'll just be sitting back and growing old, watching all of this happen or not happen, all the while trying to maintain a life rooted in this same optimism. And I'd also like a nice garden." -- Wall Street Journal, July 2014
"I've never been a party girl. I'd rather sit at home and bake on a Friday night than go to parties." -- The Washington Post, 2008
"I'm the kind of girl who needs to tell her friends everything. I've developed this really close-knit group of girls. ... I met Emma (Stone, pictured) when I was 17, and I met Selena (Gomez) when I was 18. ... Somehow through all of it, we've stayed close. " -- Glamour, 2012
"I definitely think about a million people when I'm getting dressed in the morning. (It) would be really easy to say, 'You know, I'm 21 now. I do what I want. You raise your kids.' But that's not the truth of it. The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation." -- "60 Minutes," 2011
"People make so much fun of me for that, but I don't know. It's like, if you win an award, isn't that crazy? ... I try to be (blase), but it's hard when you get excited about stuff." -- "Nightline," October 2012
"To me, relaxation equals a shirt with a bunch of cats." -- Twitter, 2011
"It's fine to talk about love publicly, but I think when you talk about virginity and sex publicly, people just automatically picture you naked." -- Allure, 2009
"I make sure I only write bad songs about the (guys) who deserve it." -- Glamour, 2010.
"People are going to talk about you. But maybe you're having more fun than them anyway." -- People, October 2014
- Swift's latest album is expected to go platinum in its first week
- It would break two records if it does so
- It would be her third consecutive album to sell a million copies the first week
(CNN) -- It's Taylor Swift to the rescue.
The superstar singer's "1989" album is forecast to sell more than 1.3 million copies through November 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That would break both the one-week sales record for an album by a female artist, set by the debut of Britney Spears' "Oops! ... I Did It Again" in 2000, and the weekly sales record for any album since 2002, when Eminem's "The Eminem Show" sold 1.322 million during its first full week.
The new records would help redeem what's been a rough year for the music industry, which has not seen a single artist go platinum in 2014, despite offerings that generated tons of buzz, including Beyonce's secret album and Lorde's "Pure Heroine."
Platinum albums? Not this year
If Swift pulls it off, it will also be her third consecutive album to sell more than a million copies in the first week.
The singer started sowing the seeds for the album's success well before it dropped October 27.
She told NPR that a few months ago, she embarked on the "1989 Secret Sessions," in which she "spent months picking fans on Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter -- people who had been so supportive and had tried and tried to meet me, had been to five shows or however many events but had never met me before."
Those fans were invited to listening parties at her various homes and encouraged to talk about their experiences but asked to not leak specifics, including lyrics. They abided by the rules, she said.
"They didn't talk about lyrics. They didn't spoil the secret for other fans," Swift said. "Two days before the album came out, it leaked online, and it was the first time I've ever had an album leak without it trending on Twitter -- because my fans protected it."
