Top 305 Quotes & Sayings by Katy Perry - Page 4

Be yourself and you can be anything.

Now I’m floating like a butterfly Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes I went from zero, to my own hero

I was like, I don't know if I can hold that promise [to wait until marriage to have sex] because this guy at camp is really cute. Sex wasn't talked about in my home, but I was a very curious young girl.

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 remember really vividly kneeling by my bed as a nine-year-old, saying my prayers and asking God to give me boobs that were so big that if I laid on my back I wouldn't be able to see my feet.

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.

Everybody wants to have a commentary on my life, like they are actually living it. Cool, comment all you want but I'm the one that's living it.

Divorce was emotionally traumatic for me. It was the death of a dream. I was in fairytale land, and the reality of it wasn't so. But I don't really like talking about it anymore, because it feels like a thousand lifetimes ago, and also it makes me look desperate, like I need it for attention.

I will love you unconditionally .

I say what I think. I'm a real person, not some manufactured pop tart who's afraid to step out of the hotel room. I am flawed. I swear, I have the occasional cocktail, I pick my nose and I fart. I'm not running for any presidential campaign at the moment. I'm a sassy girl.

I was not even allowed to mention the name Madonna in my household - just because I think the '80s and '90s were so Madonna-filled. She was going through so many evolutions at that time.

Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar

I can feel a phoenix inside of me. I can see the heavens but I still hear the flames calling out my name.

I've just always been very aware and careful of everything, so that I can be ready for the perfect opportunities as they come. I don't take anything for granted or wait for anything to come to me.

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.

I'm really happy to be on the cover as a strong female who has created her own career.

I had this lump in my throat, but I couldn't even cry. I thought, I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. I was just sitting there in my car that I was two months behind on payments for, knowing I didn't have money for rent.

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.

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?

I was, like, just eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos and drinking, and that's it.

The past is like a handful of dust. It filters through your fingers, disappearing little by little. I wish, for one day, I could go back. In another life I would do things differently.

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

Cause in you're eyes, I'd like to stay

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

I didn't come here to run for President. I really just came here to play rock and roll.

Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.

I still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation. And my conversation with God is very open-ended. I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world.

A lot of the time people don't even know what they want until they see something new.

Sometimes, you promise someone forever, but it doesn't work that way.

You dig deep beyond those scars and find that soft tissue again, and you massage and nurture it and bring it to life, little by little, through serving yourself well. I did it through hikes and vitamins and therapy and prayer and good friends.

NEW YORK! I [love] U! You're OFFICIALLY the coolest place on the planet!

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.

I grew up raised in church, my parents are both traveling ministers. They blocked out MTV which was fine, but I'd find myself figuring out who New Kids On The Block were.

I can't rate myself, but if you ask Russell I'm sure he'd give me a ten out of ten.

You said move on, where do I go?

I'm up to my hairline in planning. It's a lot, especially when you're a woman of detail.

The media, is media. You always have to take the media with a grain of salt. You can't believe everything you read.

I always tell my fans that are closest to me, if it's not coming from my mouth, my website, or my appointed person, then it's generally not true. Or it's an exaggeration.

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?

What I wanted to be and who I am is a singer and a songwriter. I wanted to be onstage, and I wanted the world to hear my music. The product of that is fame and the disgusting celebrity that goes along with it. But celebrity does not equal creativity.

We're technology obsessed. I think it's easier to text than to actually say hi to someone.

All women are created equal, then some become ?arines.

I just feel like I'm going to be criticized regardless of what I do next, so I might as well do something that I feel really passionate about.

All this money can't buy me a time machine.

I have to be a ginger for 3 weeks.

When I was meeting people in L.A., guys always thought if they paid for dinner, they deserved a blow job. But generally, I'll say this - and I'll say it proudly - I can't sleep with someone if I don't have a connection with them.

I can assure you, nothing in my performance will be deflated

The internet is such a strange place. You can put up one thing on there like, Katy Perry was a taekwondo master of the black belt! When really all I did was one kickboxing class. That's how I think my short time in doing my gospel record was like.

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

I think Rihanna always looks so fresh and I'm like, "How do you do that? We all know how much pot you smoke!"

I called record Prism because I actually finally let the light in and then I was able to create all these songs that were inspired by letting the Light in and doing some self-reflection and just kind of working on myself.

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

I have a soft spot for women, I'm not afraid of it, some women walk into the room, and they're so beautiful and you're like, 'I wanna smell you' you know?

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

Like my freedom. If I feel like I'm being controlled, I get crazy. Because I know I made it this far by following my intuition. I think people like who I am, and I like who I am, and I want to be a better version of myself every single day. So stop controlling me!

Last Friday night; Yeah we danced on tabletops. And we took too many shots. Think we kissed, but I forgot?

Relationships are kind of like riding a bull. You hang on for dear life and sometimes you get a little buck here and there ... but you get back on.

My job is for the people. It's for the public. It's for their consumption. So I've done a lot in that way, and I see that the hard work has finally paid off.

I am never usually taking myself too seriously and I think that people when they read stuff from me, they have to realise that I'm having fun.