Katy Perry Quotes

I will love you unconditionally .

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.

Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female.

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?

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.

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.

My parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a world outside.

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

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

I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth.

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

I still want to be as approachable and relatable as possible - when I meet fans and they're crying, I'll say, 'Calm down, there's nothing to cry about.'

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

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

I wasn't allowed to listen to a lot of music growing up. It wasn't until I started to make my gospel record when I was around 14 or 15 that I started to be exposed to more outside influences.

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

I had no clue they would fall into my armpits eventually.

They think that I was like Amy Grant, when actually no! The label went bankrupt and maybe sold a couple hundred records and that's about it. I was just trying different things.

Touring is always important to me. It's like a big IOU to my fans, because I know they are the reason I exist.

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 love hearing my song on the radio the first time, but when it comes on again, I change the station. I already have so much of the spotlight on me. I don't need any more.

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.

I just wanna throw my phone away and find out who is really there for me

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.

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

Ever since I was younger I wanted to be on stage, singing my songs in a glittering costume. And that happened and is still happening. I have to remember that this is what I wished for and be grateful because there are 500 other girls right behind me that are ready to snatch it up.

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.

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

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.

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.'

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.

Talking about the future, like we had a clue. Never plans that one day, I'd be losing you

I guess I prefer to play live, but I don't want to have only live CDs. I like playing live because there are alot of things that can happen. I can interact with the audience and say some things to get me in trouble. On the other hand, the studio is nice because you can really take your time and make something that you know is the best thing that you can ever do. But nothing beats being up on stage in front of all that energy.

Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as 'Pass the salt' It's a secret, direct prayer language to God.

My personality is up and down, sassy and cheeky.

I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm ready for whatever happens but I think that fame is what comes along with the territory when you open yourself up and become this story, this book for anyone to read.

You said move on, where do I go?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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 wasn't going to great schools, because my parents didn't believe in public education. They wanted the education to be influenced by their religion, so I was going to these halfway education-slash-Christian schools that were like pop-up shop-style education.

I had two cars repossessed, tons of debt. I had a horrible job that was damaging to my soul. After being on three different labels and knowing everyone and hearing yeses and nos and "You're it!" or "You're s - t!" I was depressed. But I never took no for an answer and really believed in myself.