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" If you are not happy with something, you should change it. So I went to a lot of therapy, and finally, I am able to speak up for myself: You are going to hear me roar! "

Katy Perry

Change

Speak

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" I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy. "

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

" 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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I Am

Music

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

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

Katy Perry

Humility

Pray

" I don't believe in a heaven or a hell or an old man sitting on a throne. I believe in a higher power bigger than me because that keeps me accountable. "

Katy Perry

Believe

Man

" I just have so much love for my record label. "

" 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.' "

Katy Perry

Look

Hollywood

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

" 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. "

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Female Artists

Some

" I'm a woman who likes to be courted - strongly. "

" Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family. I'm going to be married and buried there. "

" 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. "

Katy Perry

Focus

Important

" Sometimes I can be distracted by the glamour and the fabulousness. "

" If you're presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything. "

" I write my songs because I've lived them. "

" 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. "

" 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 really critical of my posture, it makes a big difference. And I try to suck my belly in. Everyone should do that whether you're on a red carpet or not. Even if you're just going out to dinner with your boyfriend you should try and suck it in. "

" I got a fantastic person to work me out and get me into really good shape. "

" If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Katy Perry

Magic

Honest

" 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.' "