Taylor Swift has "become a woman" since moving to New York.
The 24-year-old 'Blank Space' singer has insisted she has matured since relocating to the Big Apple and buying an apartment in the city.
She said: "I've grown up. I've bought an apartment in New York and I've become a woman. I think it's an important time to move forward with your life. I'm not that same girl from my first record and I think it's important that you don't try and stay 15 or 16 forever."
The blonde beauty also revealed she is more aware of how the decisions she's making now will affect her as she gets older.
She said: "I just think how I dress and how I present myself and how I articulate how I am feeling. I'm a young woman with certain responsibilities. I have fans that are important to me. I'm older and I want to age gracefully and that includes now and that also includes when I am in my 40s."
But the 'I Knew You Were Trouble' hitmaker admitted she doesn't judge other pop stars if they have chosen to dress more proactively.
She told HELLO! magazine: "I think everybody has their own limits for what feels comfortable to wear in front of millions of people and for me that's being more reserved, because I feel more comfortable in certain things than others.
"It is not to say that I think other pop artists don't look great in what they wear in their magazine shoots. I would never say to any other artist, 'You need to put on more clothes,' because I would never want them to look at me and say, 'She needs to take her clothes off, she needs to wear less clothes.' "
