Taylor Swift: I can handle criticism

Taylor Swift can deal with criticism. The singer admits she finds it tough to handle people’s varying opinions on her music — but is able to accept them nonetheless.

“When you do what I do, which is you put yourself out there for a lot of people to say whatever they want… there’s a million different opinions from a million different people,” she said.

“I get that, no matter what, you’re going to be criticized for something.

“But I also get that there are different kinds of ways to criticize someone. There’s constructive criticism, there’s professional criticism — and then there’s just being mean. And there’s a line that you cross when you just start to attack everything about a person.

“This happens no matter what you do, how old you are what your job is what you place is in life, there’s always going to be someone who is just mean to you.

“And dealing with that is all you can control, how you handle it. And this song is about how I handle it and my mindset about the whole situation.”

In a recent interview with America’s Parade magazine, Swift — who has dated Jonas Brothers rocker Joe Jonas and Twilight hunk Taylor Lautner — discussed her love life.

“Things change so quickly,” she said. “I have no idea who’s going to be a recurring character and who’s just a guest star for one episode. Love is fascinating. Wishing for it, pining for it, and the anger that comes when you lose it. I used to think that I could figure out some pattern to love, like if you don’t text a guy back for a half hour, he’ll like you more. But there is no pattern. Absolutely nothing is predictable in love or in life.”

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