Quotes By Katy Perry

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.

I've done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination.

I love what I do, and when I don't love what I do, I'll make a change.

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.

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

I got a fantastic person to work me out and get me into really good shape.

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.

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

Honesty has always worked for me.

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.

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.

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.

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'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.

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.

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

I still believe in love, most definitely.

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.

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.