“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.”
Dreams
“I'll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth. Even if it's difficult.”
TruthAll Quotes by Katy Perry
“I'm either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.”
Best“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.”
Cool“I've always been ambitious since I was nine years old and that was never going to change.”
Change“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.”
Change“I'm still driving along on the pop freeway of life. Thinking even further into the future, I definitely want to make an acoustic record. I want to try lots of different things.”
Future“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.”
Money“I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting.”
Family“I love what I do, and when I don't love what I do, I'll make a change.”
Change“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.”
Movies“You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.”
Money“I've done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination.”
Imagination“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.”
Success“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.”
Music“I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.”
Respect“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.”
Happiness“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.”
Dad“For a modern woman it is important to be supported and that there is equality in every aspect, and that it's not two halves that make a whole - it's two wholes that make a whole.”
Equality“I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree.”
Religion“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.”
Hope