Quotes By Katy Perry

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.

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

I just like having fun.

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

There are times I go out and meet people and flirt, but it's not really appropriate to have anything serious.

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.

When I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style because I started swing dancing, lindy hop, and jitterbug.

I was never really attached to a clique, and I wanted to be in all the different groups; I was never a one-group kind of person. I think that's still part of my personality today.

Hollywood is so fake and people need to realize that people are just people, and you, too, don't need to be born into something or have money or have whatever product someone is hawking on you.

I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records.

Honesty has always worked for me.

The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this.

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 can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.

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.

I'm kind of a more sunshiny person myself.

I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body.

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward.

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.

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.

My singing is really important to me, but when children come along they'll be my main focus. I'd never put my career in front of my babies - it'd be a case of fitting jobs around them.

One thing I can't do, and I hope that there are other people out there that feel the same way, is climb a rope. Oh my gosh, it's so hard to climb rope! It's all about grip and arms.

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

If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus.

I think that you should definitely listen to what people say, because everyone says it: High school is not the real world.

Oh, I will always be honest with my music. The records are black boxes for me. Like if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I've never let people's opinions affect the way I write.

I still believe in love, most definitely.

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 just like having fun. And, you know, sometimes I just like to present myself in that fun energy.

I still want to make a pop record. I want to make a more sonically current pop record. I maybe want to make people move a little bit more.