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" 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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You

Respect

Want

" When I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style because I started swing dancing, lindy hop, and jitterbug. "

" 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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Little

Want

" My style icons were Gwen Stefani, when she was in No Doubt, and then Shirley Manson in Garbage. "

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

" You know you're living right when you wake up, brush your hair - and confetti falls out! "

" 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. "

" My sister travels with me, and she's the person who keeps me in line, whether I like it or not. I trust her and also have a good, healthy fear of her. "

" 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'm going to let love lead the way, always. And I was born with this blind - blind ambition, and it's kind of gotten me here to this point. And I think that I'll stick to it. "

Katy Perry

Ambition

Think

" I didn't have a childhood. "

Katy Perry

Childhood

" My career is like an artichoke. People might think that the leaves are tasty and buttered up and delicious, and they don't even know that there's something magical hidden at the base of it. There's a whole other side of me that people didn't know existed. "

Katy Perry

Career

Hidden

" I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don't try to change them anymore, and I don't think they try to change me. We agree to disagree. "

Katy Perry

Change

Parents

" I think it's great to dress up and play on all the girly features. "

Katy Perry

Great

Think

" I believe in a lot of astrology. I believe in aliens... I look up into the stars and I imagine: 'How self-important are we to think that we are the only life-form?' "

" You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money. "

Katy Perry

Money

You

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Katy Perry

I Am

Music

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

" I'm not defined by where I came from. "

" 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'd never devote a whole record to heartbreak. "

" I've done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination. "

" 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. "

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

Katy Perry

Definitely

Very

" I feel really blessed because of where I come from. "

" You look at someone like Beyonce singing 'Single Ladies,' when we all know she's married. Some of it is just for entertainment. "

" I was raised in a super-sheltered atmosphere where we didn't watch anything besides Trinity Broadcasting Network - which was called TBN - or the Fox News channel. "