Taylor Swift Is TIME's Person Of The Year, And The Queen Of Karma Is Serving Killer Quotes

Taylor Swift was officially named TIME’s Person Of The Year for 2023 and based on all her accomplishments from throughout this year alone, fans weren’t surprised one bit. From headlining her record-breaking Eras Tour to pioneering the release of her tour film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Taylor Swift is now ending the year with her own TIME’s Person Of The Year issue.

Being named TIME’s Person Of The Year is quite a prestigious achievement with past recipients including climate change activist Greta Thunberg as well as the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. While past issues tend to highlight politicians or CEOs, Taylor Swift being TIME’s Person Of The Year is a moment fans of the beloved musician will never forget.

As fans continue to celebrate Taylor Swift’s monumental achievement, here are 21 unforgettable quotes and details that prove this year is undoubtedly the year of Taylor Swift.

1. Training For Her Tour

Taylor Swift tells TIME that she began training for the ‘Eras Tour’ six months before it started:

“Every day I would run on the treadmill, singing the entire set list out loud. Fast for fast songs, and a jog or a fast walk for slow songs. Then I had three months of dance… pic.twitter.com/aJRS54WzcG
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 6, 2023

2. A Glimpse Into Their Relationship

Taylor Swift reveals that she and Travis Kelce were already a couple before the first Chiefs game she attended:

“This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell. We started hanging out right after that. So we actually… pic.twitter.com/zttzudRjRe
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 6, 2023

3. Throwback To The 2009 VMAs

Taylor Swift to TIME on the aftermath of the 2009 VMAs:

“I realized every record label was actively working to try to replace me. I thought instead, I’d replace myself first with a new me. It’s harder to hit a moving target.” pic.twitter.com/Vqi3YQfMUN
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 6, 2023

4. Always Believe In Yourself

Taylor Swift on bypassing Hollywood studios to directly release her Eras Tour concert film in theaters:

“We met with all the studios and we met with all the streamers, and we sized up how it was perceived and valued… Ultimately I did what I tend to do more and more often these… pic.twitter.com/8UOxyWhrk8
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) December 6, 2023

5. About Her Song ‘Mastermind’

Taylor Swift reveals she wrote her song ‘Mastermind’ after watching Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘PHANTOM THREAD’

“Remember that last scene? I thought, wouldn’t it be fun to have a lyric about being calculated? It’s something that’s been thrown at me like a dagger, but now I take it… pic.twitter.com/NR1yWQoUAm
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) December 6, 2023

6. Putting On A Show

🚨| Taylor Swift on performing

“I know I’m going on that stage whether I’m sick, injured, heartbroken, uncomfortable or stressed. That’s part of my identity as a human being now. If someone buys a ticket to my show, I’m going to play it unless we have some sort of force majeure” pic.twitter.com/Y80QSvUDGo
— The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) December 6, 2023

7. The Aftermath Of This Viral Moment

Taylor Swift tells TIME that she moved to a different country following the infamous phone call with Kanye West:

“You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar. That… pic.twitter.com/rZ2CmsFQIl
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 6, 2023

8. Busy Doing A Little Re-Recording

Taylor Swift to TIME on her decision to re-record her albums:

“I’d run into Kelly Clarkson and she would go, ‘Just redo it.’ My dad kept saying it to me too. I’d look at them and go, ‘How can I possibly do that?’ Nobody wants to redo their homework if on the way to school, the… pic.twitter.com/HBIXNIdcDs
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 6, 2023

9. What Taylor Said About Beyoncé

“the most precious gem of a person. When I'm talking to her, she is so warm and open and funny. She's such a great disruptor of music-industry norms. She taught every artist how to flip the table and challenge archaic business practices.”

— Taylor Swift on Beyoncé pic.twitter.com/tkB3CJSi4D
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 6, 2023

10. Picking The Perfect Show Length

Taylor Swift to TIME on the length of the ‘Eras Tour’ show:

“They had to work really hard to get the tickets. I wanted to play a show that was longer than they ever thought it would be, because that makes me feel good leaving the stadium.” pic.twitter.com/pyOYl93MeX
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 6, 2023

11. Definitely Understood The Assignment

oh this writer gets it gets it pic.twitter.com/9gGWZWuKq0
— hannah | eras hangover era (@sippingaugust) December 6, 2023

12. Now This Is A Total Power Move

“I’ve also learned there’s no point in actively trying to quote unquote defeat your enemies. Trash takes itself out every single time.”

— Taylor Swift to TIME pic.twitter.com/twFbmrCHp9
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 6, 2023

13. Finally Feeling Beyond Happy

Taylor Swift tells TIME that she is the happiest she has ever felt:

“This is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been. Ultimately, we can convolute it all we want, or try to overcomplicate it, but there’s only one… pic.twitter.com/gbo5fHE8Ce
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 6, 2023

14. Starting A Bit Of A Collection

Taylor Swift on re-recording her old albums: “I’m collecting horcruxes. I’m collecting infinity stones. Gandalf’s voice is in my head every time I put out a new one. For me, it is a movie now” https://t.co/uCMz751T6l pic.twitter.com/FHo4h13oVm
— TIME (@TIME) December 6, 2023

15. Discussing The Sale Of Her Masters

Photo: @PopBase / Twitter

16. Casually Living In Glendale

she was in Glendale FOR A MONTH WHAT? pic.twitter.com/S3mfAuJx0f
— khushi🩵🌊 (@deathbytaylor4) December 6, 2023

17. This Quote About ‘Reputation’

Taylor Swift on revisiting ‘Reputation’:

“It’s a goth-punk moment of female rage at being gaslit by an entire social structure. I think a lot of people see it and they’re just like, Sick snakes and strobe lights.” pic.twitter.com/3f1lVjPIqv
— Pop Base (@PopBase) December 6, 2023

18. She Said What She Said

she said let yourself BEJEWELED. pic.twitter.com/KHz5BOkcjx
— Taylor Throwbacks (@ThrowbackTaylor) December 6, 2023

19. No Time For Drama

🚨| Taylor Swift does not have the time to be pressed

"I’ve learned I don’t have the time to get pressed about things that don’t matter. If I go out to dinner, there’s going to be a chaotic situation outside the restaurant. But I still want to go to dinner with my friends." pic.twitter.com/mXdLP31OrO
— The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) December 6, 2023

20. Recovering Between Her Shows

taylor in her bed rotting era she’s just like me except she actually has a reason for it pic.twitter.com/vN0Q8xQSz8
— vanessa ✶.* (@TSMIDNlGHTS) December 6, 2023

21. A Story From Her Early Career

When Taylor Swift was 17, she scored the opening slot for Kenny Chesney’s tour. Then, the tour got sponsored by a beer company, making Swift too young to join.

Months later, at Swift’s 18th birthday party, Chesney’s promoter handed her a card from Chesney that read, as Swift… pic.twitter.com/sZVlrMkFGu
— TIME (@TIME) December 6, 2023