I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect. - Taylor Swift About Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her narrative songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and widespread media coverage. Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. With over 200 million records sold worldwide, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Eight of her songs have topped the Hot 100, and her concert tours are some of the highest-grossing in history. She has received 11 Grammy Awards (including three Album of the Year wins), an Emmy Award, 34 American Music Awards (the most for an artist), 29 Billboard Music Awards (the most for a woman) and 58 Guinness World Records, among other accolades. Modern country music Swift's cultural impact has been discussed and well-documented by publications and institutions. She helped shape the modern country music scene. Music journalist Jody Rosen writes, Swift is the first country artist whose fame reached the world beyond the U.S. Her chart success extended to Asia and the U.K., where country music had previously not been popular. She is one of the first country acts to use technology and online marketing techniques such as MySpace to promote their work. Swift became a teen idol with her debut, and a pop icon following global fame. Billboard noted only few artists have had Swift's chart success, critical acclaim and fan support. Journalists have written about her polite and "open" personality, calling her a "media darling" and "a reporter's dream". Awarding her for her humanitarian endeavors in 2012, former First Lady Michelle Obama described Swift as an artist who "has rocketed to the top of the music industry but still keeps her feet on the ground. Love isn't perfect The pursuit of perfection is impossible. Because perfection is not real. Perfectionism and love are not the same thing. True love exists. It's true: choose someone who will make your life lovely. That's real. Finding someone whose intellect and heart connect with yours in peculiar, exciting, novel, and flawed ways is the whole point of dating and falling in love.