Taylor Swift Worries That Her Success Won’t Last

Taylor Swift, who recently landed her first ever Vogue cover, says that she worries her success won’t last. Taylor reveals that she loves being in the spotlight because it is something she has always wanted, but hopes her life can continue to be the way it is now, because she is blissfully happy:

“This is what I’ve wanted to do my whole life. It never freaks me out. Never. Ever. But you know what does freak me out? When is the other shoe going to drop? I am so happy right now. So I am always living in fear. This can’t be real, right? This can’t really be my life.”

Taylor comments that she knows things can begin to go wrong for an artist if they believe they are better than everyone else, or begin to get lazy with their work. To combat this, she is determined to stay grounded and focused so she avoid such mistakes:

“The stakes are really high if you mess up, if you slack off and don’t make a good record, if you make mistakes based on the idea that you are larger than life and you can just coast. If you start thinking you’ve got it down, that’s when you run into trouble – either by getting complacent or becoming mouthy. And nobody likes that.”