Katy perry

Everyone related to me in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities. All my friends weren't allowed to watch MTV or go to PG-13 movies or listen to the radio, so I didn't really know anything different. That's how I was raised.

Comparisons are easily done, once you've had a taste of perfection

I don't have a Kate Moss body, but I'm very proud and happy with mine.

If you like my music, great, and if you don't, whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way.

Don't care what people gonna think of you, do what you wanna do and seek just your happiness.

I was like, I don't know if I can hold that promise [to wait until marriage to have sex] because this guy at camp is really cute. Sex wasn't talked about in my home, but I was a very curious young girl.

Maybe I'm competitive. I just feel like I have this gift that I've been given. It's like, "Someone unwrap it! Here it is!" That drive can't be held down. I have a lot of ambition.

Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.

My personality is up and down, sassy and cheeky.

If you have a dream you gotta go on a journey to fulfill that dream.

I don't need the Prince Charming to have my own happy ending.

I wanted it to be like Amy Grant, but it didn't pan out that way. My label actually went bankrupt, and I was left without a home.

There's a spark in you you've just gotta ignite the light and let it SHINE.

I didn't come here to run for President. I really just came here to play rock and roll.

All this money can't buy me a time machine.

I fall in love every time. And I don't really fall in love a lot, but when I do, I fall hard.

I remember really vividly kneeling by my bed as a nine-year-old, saying my prayers and asking God to give me boobs that were so big that if I laid on my back I wouldn't be able to see my feet.

I'm on this extraordinary adventure, and if I have no one to talk to at the end of the night, I feel lonely.

I love what I do, and when I don't love what I do, I'll make a change...I can't be the candy queen forever.

I say what I think. I'm a real person, not some manufactured pop tart who's afraid to step out of the hotel room. I am flawed. I swear, I have the occasional cocktail, I pick my nose and I fart. I'm not running for any presidential campaign at the moment. I'm a sassy girl.

I can feel a phoenix inside of me. I can see the heavens but I still hear the flames calling out my name.

I believe in a lot of astrology. I believe in aliens. I look up into the stars and I imagine: How self-important are we to think that we are the only life-form?

You dig deep beyond those scars and find that soft tissue again, and you massage and nurture it and bring it to life, little by little, through serving yourself well. I did it through hikes and vitamins and therapy and prayer and good friends.

I have a confidence because my research shows that I should just really trust my instincts.

I have multipersonality disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices.

You can get through it and you can land on your feet triumphantly and strong.

I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I'm getting incredible feedback from my music.

Be yourself & you can be anything.

I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world.

I’m not Buddhist, I’m not Hindu, I’m not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God.

If you're presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.

After a hurricane, comes a rainbow.

Be yourself, that’s what makes the world go round!

If you can believe in something great, then you can achieve something great.

I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women.

I think you can have it all, you just have to work really hard because great things don't come easily.

I'm happy, I'm in a good place, I'm looking forward to my future.

I've lived such a great, fantastic life already, but there's still so much more.

I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don't try to change them anymore, and I don't think they try to change me. We agree to disagree.

I hate working out, but I love jumping rope. Theres a rhythm. It's like dancing.

My religious upbringing was comically strict — even the Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner was banned. In our house, no one was allowed to refer to deviled eggs. We had to call them angelic eggs. We were never allowed to swear. I'd get into trouble just for saying 'Hell no'. If you dropped a hammer on your toe in our house you had to say something like 'Jiminy Christmas'. The only music we were allowed to listen to was gospel. No wonder I rebelled.

People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me.

Baby you're a firework, come on, let your colors burst!!

A lot of the time people don't even know what they want until they see something new.

I came from a lot of intolerance and prejudice, which aren't necessarily healthy to evolve as a human.

Relationships are kind of like riding a bull. You hang on for dear life and sometimes you get a little buck here and there ... but you get back on.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

People love the idea of a good girl gone bad, thinking that my parents were so strict and disowned me, but that actually wasn't the case. Even though they don't necessarily agree with some of the things I do, they love me as their daughter. That's always been their perspective.

I came from a different mind-set growing up, and my mind has changed.

Throw your stick and stones, throw your bombs and your blows, but you're not gonna break my soul.

Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road.

My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.

Divorce was emotionally traumatic for me. It was the death of a dream. I was in fairytale land, and the reality of it wasn't so. But I don't really like talking about it anymore, because it feels like a thousand lifetimes ago, and also it makes me look desperate, like I need it for attention.

Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar

I will love you unconditionally .

How do I get better once I've had the best?

People always ask me, 'What is it that you regret?' And I say, 'nothing, because I could not buy what I've learned.' And I apply those things to my life I learn. And hopefully, hopefully it helps me to be a better human in the future and make better choices.

I'm like a fatter version of Amy Winehouse and a skinnier version of Lily Allen.

I got this Jesus tattoo on my wrist when I was 18 because I know that it's always going to be a part of me. When I'm playing, it's staring right back at me, saying, 'Remember where you came from.'

The internet is such a strange place. You can put up one thing on there like, Katy Perry was a taekwondo master of the black belt! When really all I did was one kickboxing class. That's how I think my short time in doing my gospel record was like.

The past is like a handful of dust. It filters through your fingers, disappearing little by little. I wish, for one day, I could go back. In another life I would do things differently.

I have always been the kid who's asked 'Why?' In my faith, you're just supposed to have faith. But I was always like... why?

I did a lot of thrift and vintage. I would mix those pieces into some of the more inexpensive items from Express, Gap, Old Navy, and Clothestime.

Now it's clear to me/ that everything you see/ ain't always what it seems.

There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I’ve realized that it’s time for me to show my audience that you don’t have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect.

Everybody wants to have a commentary on my life, like they are actually living it. Cool, comment all you want but I'm the one that's living it.

I'm going to let love lead the way, always. And I was born with this blind - blind ambition, and it's kind of gotten me here to this point. And I think that I'll stick to it.

A lot of people do things out of fear. A lot of people make choices, based on thinking, they won’t have a career in five years. I know where I am, I know what I do is worth something and does not have an expiration date on it. I’m not making choices — in any capacity of my life, with any kind of endorsement, with any kind of product — out of fear.

I went from zero to my own hero

My fans are the best. I mean if there was a war, I think they'd definitely win just because they'd kill them with kindness.

With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them.

Be yourself and you can be anything.

I'm just singing about my own life. Singing about all the little stories in my life and the things I've been through.

At my second record label, they told me and other female artists that some of us were going on the chopping block. I was 19... and it was devastating.

You don't have to feel like a waste of space, your original can not be replaced

I think when you put sex and spirituality in the same bottle and shake it up, bad things happen.

Unfortunately, I think a lot of people are affected more by the idea of fame than the actual work ethic involved. A lot of them just want to be reality TV-type people who don't do anything.

I was, like, just eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos and drinking, and that's it.

I love those documentaries where everyone is fabulous and always perfect.

I don't follow trends. I'm just not into what everyone else is wearing. I have my own look, which I call 'Lolita Meets Old Hollywood Glam.'

Recycle those nerves and make them adreneline.

Now I’m floating like a butterfly Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes I went from zero, to my own hero

I consider myself a believer in something much bigger than myself, thank God.

It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it's no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I'd have the success they had.

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.

My style icons were Gwen Stefani, when she was in No Doubt, and then Shirley Manson in Garbage.

I'm really happy to be on the cover as a strong female who has created her own career.

I see everything through a spiritual lens.

I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.

So take a chance and don't ever look back.

Sometimes, you promise someone forever, but it doesn't work that way.

Honey, I am the chief of my train. If critics want to hop on board, fantastic. There's plenty of room. The KP train is fun.

Acceptance is the key to be truly free.

I can assure you, nothing in my performance will be deflated

I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings.

My whole thing is to agree to disagree and to have respect because nothing can really be changed and you wouldn't want to ruin their happiness - even if that happiness is ignorance.

I never live in the present. I'd do interviews and people will say, "Isn't this great?" or "Can you believe?" And I would react, like, "No, I can't believe it because I'm not living in this moment."

Find out what your gift is and nurture it.

I feel really blessed because of where I come from.

You never know what's actually going on in a person's life. You don't know what happened to them before you met them...and that's why they are the way they are. But I do think about it whenever I get in contact with my fans. I know this may be the only time they'll ever meet me. I try to take advantage of that moment and be kind and grateful.

I'm either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.

I still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation. And my conversation with God is very open-ended. I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world.

I believe that I will be loved again, in the right way. I know I'm worth it.

Thank you for believing in my weirdness!

I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable.

My mother is very emotional as well, but my dad is more of the guts of the family. He was the main preacher, so he kind of had this little Pentecostal flair, but they are born-again.

I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus.

I've just always been very aware and careful of everything, so that I can be ready for the perfect opportunities as they come. I don't take anything for granted or wait for anything to come to me.

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.

You know you're living right when you wake up, brush your hair - and confetti falls out!

I had this lump in my throat, but I couldn't even cry. I thought, I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. I was just sitting there in my car that I was two months behind on payments for, knowing I didn't have money for rent.

You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.

I'm kind of a good girl - and I'm not. I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. I'm a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. That's what the stories in my music do.

Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while.

I'm really critical of my posture, it makes a big difference. And I try to suck my belly in. Everyone should do that whether you're on a red carpet or not. Even if you're just going out to dinner with your boyfriend you should try and suck it in.

NEW YORK! I [love] U! You're OFFICIALLY the coolest place on the planet!

Beautiful mind, tortured soul. I do have to figure out why I am attracted to these broken birds.

Cause in you're eyes, I'd like to stay

I like to go out there looking like a strong woman, because I am strong. But I am also a woman who goes through all kinds of problems and highs and lows.

I love the Seahawks because of Russell [Wilson] and I think that I'm going to probably go for them!

It can be the most difficult thing to do, but love conquers fear and love conquers hate and this love that you choose will give you strength and it's our greatest power.

I'm okay with having bad dance moves. I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth. That's what makes me me, and for some reason it's worked out all right.

My career is like an artichoke. People might think that the leaves are tasty and buttered up and delicious, and they don't even know that there's something magical hidden at the base of it. There's a whole other side of me that people didn't know existed.

I have to be a ginger for 3 weeks.

If you are not happy with something, you should change it. So I went to a lot of therapy, and finally, I am able to speak up for myself: You are going to hear me roar!