Top 305 Quotes & Sayings by Katy Perry - Page 2

I still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation.

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.

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 be the candy queen forever.

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

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.

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 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.

I think it's great to dress up and play on all the girly features.

When I decide to become a mother I will just be that. That will be really important to me.

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

I wanted to be that quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning.

I don't want to be above my audience; I want to be one with my audience.

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

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?'

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

I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth.

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

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.

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.'

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

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?'

I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting.

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'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 just have so much love for my record label.

I didn't have a childhood.

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.

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

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

I have a second chance on life.

I just like having fun.

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.

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 pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world.

I'd never devote a whole record to heartbreak.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

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

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 don't feel like I'm very pop-star lame, but I'm definitely not hipster-cool.

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 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.

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 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.

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

Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do.

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

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.

I never want to be just one thing - I want to be multidimensional.

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

I'm not going to be everything to everyone.

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 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 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.'

I gave myself until I turned 25 to make it. And if it didn't happen, I thought I'd just try to find a nice husband.

Even if you actually have the good intent to do something creative or special with your life, it's hard. I mean, look at the number of people who actually get the opportunity.

My parents are very quirky, eccentric. They have their own world.

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.