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" My mother is very emotional as well, but my dad is more of the guts of the family. He was the main preacher, so he kind of had this little Pentecostal flair, but they are born-again. "

Katy Perry

Mother

Family

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" 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.' "

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Hollywood

" 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. "

" I love hearing my song on the radio the first time, but when it comes on again, I change the station. I already have so much of the spotlight on me. I don't need any more. "

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Need

Song

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" 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. "

" Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while. "

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

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Always

Big

" 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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Some

" I wanted to be that quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning. "

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

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Humility

Pray

" I'm on this extraordinary adventure, and if I have no one to talk to at the end of the night, I feel lonely. "

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

" I'd go to the farmers' market in Santa Barbara, and I'd put out my guitar case, and I'd test out these little ditty songs that I would write, and I would get a couple of avocados, a bag of pistachios, and, like, fifteen bucks. That was a lot of money for me. "

" I've lived such a great, fantastic life already, but there's still so much more. "

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Great

Life

" I'm kind of a good girl - and I'm not. I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. I'm a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. That's what the stories in my music do. "

" I got this Jesus tattoo on my wrist when I was 18 because I know that it's always going to be a part of me. When I'm playing, it's staring right back at me, saying, 'Remember where you came from.' "

" For a modern woman it is important to be supported and that there is equality in every aspect, and that it's not two halves that make a whole - it's two wholes that make a whole. "

" 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 didn't have a childhood. "

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Childhood

" I think that parents grow up with an idea of what they want their kids to be like - and then their kids grow up to be people of themselves, of their own. "

" 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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