“I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.”
— Taylor Swift
From Taylor Swift's Vogue interview, 2012.
At sixteen I played bars every night while my classmates planned prom. I was terrified of being just another girl with a guitar who never made it. That fear never left. It sat in my chest on every album, every tour, every time someone said I was done. I never stopped being scared. I just stopped letting it stop me. If something scares you, good. Average doesn't scare anyone.