Taylor Swift: 'I could make music that's catchy with no personal information, but that isn't honest'

Taylor Swift feels writing about her personal life keeps her music "honest".

The singer is known for penning tunes about the trials and tribulations of life, but she told the Sydney Morning Herald that there is no way she would create music devoid of personal inspiration.

The US star said: "I could make music that's catchy and has not a shred of personal information in it. But that wouldn't feel honest and my fans wouldn't connect to it...

"It's like these people have been reading my diaries since I was 16. I spend two years making an album, so I mean it to be meaningful and an accurate representation of my life.

"Artists gain celebrity and lose perspective. They gain fame and they lose a sense of reality or self-awareness. They start to care about some gossip blogger. I refuse to let them dictate the type of work I'm going to do."

Taylor Swift's new album '1989' meanwhile topped charts across the world after it was released last week.

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