Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I'm okay with having bad dance moves. I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth. That's what makes me me, and for some reason it's worked out all right. "
Katy Perry
Dance
Bad
Teeth
Related Quotes:
" I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids. "
Katy Perry
Kids
Out
Funny
" Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while. "
Katy Perry
Great
You
Want
" I can't be the candy queen forever. "
Katy Perry
Queen
Forever
Candy
" 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. "
Katy Perry
Born
Money
Need
" 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. "
Katy Perry
Success
Going
Act
" I love those documentaries where everyone is fabulous and always perfect. "
Katy Perry
Where
Always
Fabulous
" 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. "
Katy Perry
Three
Girl
Time
" With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them. "
Katy Perry
Always
Because
Write
" 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
Follow
Look
Hollywood
" I think it's great to dress up and play on all the girly features. "
Katy Perry
Up
Great
Think
" If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus. "
Katy Perry
Role
Role Model
Model
" 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. "
Katy Perry
Parents
Believe
Religion
" 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. "
Katy Perry
Dinner
Everyone
Red
" I'm happy, I'm in a good place, I'm looking forward to my future. "
Katy Perry
Future
Looking
Good
" I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records. "
Katy Perry
Sell
Millions
Out
" I came from a different mind-set growing up, and my mind has changed. "
Katy Perry
Different
Growing
Mind
" 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. "
Katy Perry
You
Media
Hope
" 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. "
Katy Perry
Female Artists
Some
Me
" The first songs I wrote were catchy, but the subject matter was God. "
Katy Perry
Were
First
God
" I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting. "
Katy Perry
Family
Very
Accepting
" I just like having fun. "
Katy Perry
Fun
Having
Having Fun
" I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward. "
Katy Perry
Myself
Present
Best
" 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. "
Katy Perry
Hard
Feel
Climb
" When I was younger, I used to be a part of the surfing-and-skateboarding community. "
Katy Perry
Community
Part
Used
" I don't want to be above my audience; I want to be one with my audience. "
Katy Perry
Want
Above
Audience
" I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it. "
Katy Perry
People
Cool
Sad
" I'm every woman. It takes a village to make me who I am. "
Katy Perry
Me
Woman
Who
" I didn't have a childhood. "
Katy Perry
Childhood
" You look at someone like Beyonce singing 'Single Ladies,' when we all know she's married. Some of it is just for entertainment. "
Katy Perry
You
Look
Know
" I wanted to be that quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning. "
Katy Perry
Still
Funny
Girl