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" I just want to make it very clear that I come from very humble beginnings, and I worked for everything! "
Katy Perry
Everything
Humble
Clear
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" 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. "
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" People don't understand that I have a great relationship with my parents - like, how that can exist. There isn't any judgment. They don't necessarily agree with everything I do, but I don't necessarily agree with everything they do. "
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" I didn't have a childhood. "
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" I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body. "
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" I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth. "
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Teeth
Okay
" My style icons were Gwen Stefani, when she was in No Doubt, and then Shirley Manson in Garbage. "
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" 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. "
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" Honesty has always worked for me. "
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Me
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" 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. "
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Going
Act
" I've actually always wanted to make something like an acoustic record. "
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Like
Make
" I fall in love every time. And I don't really fall in love a lot, but when I do, I fall hard. "
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Lot
" I feel really blessed because of where I come from. "
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Come
Where
" If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus. "
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Role Model
Model
" I still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation. "
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Base
Still
" 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. "
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Family
Friends
" Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female. "
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Sound
Freedom
" I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world. "
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Pray
Up
" 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. "
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Watch
School
" My parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a world outside. "
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" 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. "
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Hard
Feel
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" People always ask me, 'What is it that you regret?' And I say, 'nothing, because I could not buy what I've learned.' And I apply those things to my life I learn. And hopefully, hopefully it helps me to be a better human in the future and make better choices. "
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Learning
People
Choices
" I always knew I wanted a great man of God, someone who was going to be an inspiration for people and also be a lovely husband and father. "
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Father
God
" I've always been ambitious since I was nine years old and that was never going to change. "
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Never
Always
Change
" I'm either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life. "
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" I think we're all blessed with gifts and I was lucky I just found out what mine was early on and have planted that seed and tried to water it every day. "
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" When I decide to become a mother I will just be that. That will be really important to me. "
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" Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while. "
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" I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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