Quotes By Katy Perry

I have a lot of ambition.

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.

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

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.

I still believe in love, most definitely. I'm just going to let that take the lead.

I've actually always wanted to make something like an acoustic record.

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

I just want to make it very clear that I come from very humble beginnings, and I worked for everything!

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

I'd never devote a whole record to heartbreak.

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

I have a second chance on life.

I've always been ambitious since I was nine years old and that was never going to change.

I'm happy, I'm in a good place, I'm looking forward to my future.

The press is just not your friend when it comes to a marriage. That's why we didn't sell the pictures of our wedding, and we got offered millions of dollars for them, millions.

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.

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

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

I have multipersonality disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices.

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 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.

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.

I am so grateful for all the love and support I've had from people around the world.

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 still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation.

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.

I like a good boy, but sometimes you get bored.

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.

I like to go out there looking like a strong woman, because I am strong. But I am also a woman who goes through all kinds of problems and highs and lows.