Taylor Swift, who is gracing Glamour Magazine's March cover, opens up about her songwriting, and what she does to help her cope about her well-being, especially if she's constantly on the news.
T. Swift reveals that to keep herself happy, she refuses to read about herself on the internet. The Los Angeles Times is quick to point out that it does not mean she's ignoring the cyberworld, though.
In her Glamour interview, she said, "I know when not to read an article. Is it going to help my day? Is it important for my life? If the answer is no, then I just don't click."
She added, "I'm careful about getting sucked into the rabbit hole that is the Internet because, as a songwriter, I don't have the option of having thick skin. As a writer you have to be open to everything, and that includes pain, rejection, self-doubt, fear. I deal with that enough on my own. If you look hard enough, you could find somebody on the Internet criticizing every single thing about you. If you're me."
She may bare all when it comes to her music, but as far as she is concerned, that's the most that she'll show. Unlike some of her fellow Hollywood stars, Swift would rather keep her clothes on. New York Daily quoted Swift's interview, where she said, "I find it relatively easy to keep my clothes on because I don't really feel like taking them off. It's not an urge I have."
She went on explaining further, "for me 'risky' is revealing what really happened in my life through music. Risky is writing confessional songs and telling the true story about a person with enough details so everyone knows who that person is. That's putting myself out there, maybe even more than taking my shirt off."
She has bared her soul through her songs, as she has written love songs for some of her former lovers, including Jake Gyllenhaal, Joe Jonas, Harry Styles, and John Mayer.
The singer is currently single, but she did share an advice to her fans about keeping their cool in relationships. She said, "Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy." She added, "I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt."