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People tried to do a lot of stuff with me early in my career where they tried to shape me into one thing or another. They couldn't just take the chance and go with my vision - which was just my intuition, really.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Careers
Intuition
People
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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.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Boxes
Hate
Perspective
Views
Writing
Convictions
Love Hate I Am
Love Hate Me
Affect
Opinions
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I'm a romantic and I kinda believed in this fairy tale. And in some ways I think that's always been to my advantage, because like if you can believe in something great, I feel like you can achieve something great.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Believe
Thinking
Way
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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 / Recording Artist
Sad
Cool
Humor
Angst
Appreciate
Different Sides
Sense Of Humor
Sides
Thinking
Whole
Writing
Sense
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Kids are so smart these days. They sense when there's a phony bologna out there. Especially in music, when they see something that's being marketed to them, they'll call it out. They'll be like, "This chick is bullshit."
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Kids
Bullshit
Smart
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I called record Prism because I actually finally let the light in and then I was able to create all these songs that were inspired by letting the Light in and doing some self-reflection and just kind of working on myself.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Music
Positive
Law Of Attraction
Song
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I had this lump in my throat, but I couldn't even cry. I thought, I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. I was just sitting there in my car that I was two months behind on payments for, knowing I didn't have money for rent.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Car
Knowing
Two
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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.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Work
Best
Acupuncture
Body
Done
Ideas
Meditating
Therapy
Because
Best Work Done
Lot
Get
Back
Balancing
Either
Maybe
Physical
Some
Resting
Where
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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.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Girl
Legacy
Love Life
Sacrifice
Social
Social Life
Three
Life Love Time
Leave
Important Time
Just Be
Sang
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I was really sick and I walked outside of the bus and realised; oh no I'm not allowed to be sick. I'm not allowed to say; sorry no I can't pose with you for a photo because I'm sick. I am a super human now, or I have to be one.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Bus
Sick
Sorry
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When I was meeting people in L.A., guys always thought if they paid for dinner, they deserved a blow job. But generally, I'll say this - and I'll say it proudly - I can't sleep with someone if I don't have a connection with them.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Jobs
Blow
Sleep
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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.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Agree
Great Relationship
Judgment
Relationship Great People
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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 / Recording Artist
Agree
Believe
Defined
Disagree
Hatred
Parent
Rules
Took
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You dig deep beyond those scars and find that soft tissue again, and you massage and nurture it and bring it to life, little by little, through serving yourself well. I did it through hikes and vitamins and therapy and prayer and good friends.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Good Friend
Prayer
Tissues
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I'm not ashamed, or embarrassed. I'm happy that I grew up listening to gospel music and came from where I came from. I feel like I have a history and a story. That's what I am and that's what I'll always be from. I was never running away from it.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Running
Listening
Stories
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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.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Boyfriend
Dating
Belly
Carpet
Critical
Differences
Posture
Red
Red Carpet
Trying
Your Boyfriend
Big Difference
Difference
Suck
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I crushed on the most popular guy in school! I saw him at a concert and I shouted out," Is that Shane Lopes? You were the most popular guy in my class, but you never wanted to go out with me. Instead it was Amanda Wayne. What are you thinking now?
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Crush
School
Thinking
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The internet is such a strange place. You can put up one thing on there like, Katy Perry was a taekwondo master of the black belt! When really all I did was one kickboxing class. That's how I think my short time in doing my gospel record was like.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Class
Strange Places
Thinking
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What I wanted to be and who I am is a singer and a songwriter. I wanted to be onstage, and I wanted the world to hear my music. The product of that is fame and the disgusting celebrity that goes along with it. But celebrity does not equal creativity.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Creativity
Doe
Who I Am
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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.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Boxes
Perspective
Views
Love Music Always
Love Music Hate
Convictions
Affect
Opinions
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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 / Recording Artist
Careers
Delicious
Might
People
Tasty
Thinking
Me People Know
Base
Side
Buttered
Career
Existed
Hidden
Leaves
Magical
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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.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Barbara
Bucks
Couple
Farmers
Fifteen
Santa
Song
Writing
Bag
Test
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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.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Learning
Choices
Hopefully
People
Regret
Ask
Life Future Always
Apply
Buy
Helps
Learned
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I wasn't going to great schools, because my parents didn't believe in public education. They wanted the education to be influenced by their religion, so I was going to these halfway education-slash-Christian schools that were like pop-up shop-style education.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Believe
Christian
Halfway
Public Education
School
Influenced
Schools
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When I kissed a girl, nobody was around. So I didn't do it for anybody. I'm not a lesbian. I encourage anybody to try anything, just make sure you have integrity and character. It doesn't matter who anyone loves. I am for gay rights and I also have a boyfriend.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Girl
Character
Integrity
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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.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Movie
Circles
Mtv
Raised
Related
School
Movies Me Anything
Activities
All My Friends
Circle
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I think some people will die on the stage, and I'm not so sure I want to do that. Like, I want to have kids! I'm totally fine with saying that. I think some people are scared because they're worried it's going to ruin their career, but I want to live a full life.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Kids
Careers
Thinking
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Like my freedom. If I feel like I'm being controlled, I get crazy. Because I know I made it this far by following my intuition. I think people like who I am, and I like who I am, and I want to be a better version of myself every single day. So stop controlling me!
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Crazy
Thinking
Who I Am
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I'm not Buddhist, I'm not Hindu, I'm not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God. I pray all the time — for self-control, for humility. There's a lot of gratitude in it. Just saying 'thank you' sometimes is better than asking for things.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Buddhist
Christian
Gratitude
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I say what I think. I'm a real person, not some manufactured pop tart who's afraid to step out of the hotel room. I am flawed. I swear, I have the occasional cocktail, I pick my nose and I fart. I'm not running for any presidential campaign at the moment. I'm a sassy girl.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Girl
Running
Real
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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 / Recording Artist
Be Careful
Careful
Fighting
Media
Taken
Context
Destroy
Passes
Sign
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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.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Girl
Respect
Good
Bad Girl
Believe
Cards
Deck
Good Girl
Integrity
People
Sex
Sex Appeal
Stories
Tease
Thinking
Love Good Music
Like
Really
Because
Love Respect Music
Love Good Respect
Get
Appeal
Bad
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People love the idea of a good girl gone bad, thinking that my parents were so strict and disowned me, but that actually wasn't the case. Even though they don't necessarily agree with some of the things I do, they love me as their daughter. That's always been their perspective.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Daughter
Girl
Agree
Good Girl
Mother
Perspective
Strict
Love Me
Love Good Thinking
Case
Necessarily
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Ever since I was younger I wanted to be on stage, singing my songs in a glittering costume. And that happened and is still happening. I have to remember that this is what I wished for and be grateful because there are 500 other girls right behind me that are ready to snatch it up.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Girl
Be Grateful
Grateful
Ready
Singing
Song
Stage
Since
Younger
Me Remember Singing
Behind
Costume
Glittering
Happening
Wished
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I was being musically mentored by a lot of people who were obviously more talented and skilled than I was, and I thought that I would just kind of learn the ropes of songwriting there - like how to do acoustic, country-esque songs, which I like because there's so much story in them.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Country
People
Song
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There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I've realized that it's time for me to show my audience that you don't have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Achieve
Audience
Makeup
Uncomfortable
Your Dreams
Dreams Time Me
Bloated
Crying
Personally
Realized
Relates
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There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I’ve realized that it’s time for me to show my audience that you don’t have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Dream
Makeup
Perfect
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I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women... This social revolution of feminism in the '70s really achieved so many of its goals-not every single one of them, obviously-but I think we should say it's great that these young women don't feel like they need to be feminists.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Believe
Goal
Thinking
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Divorce was emotionally traumatic for me. It was the death of a dream. I was in fairytale land, and the reality of it wasn't so. But I don't really like talking about it anymore, because it feels like a thousand lifetimes ago, and also it makes me look desperate, like I need it for attention.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Dream
Divorce
Reality
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I had two cars repossessed, tons of debt. I had a horrible job that was damaging to my soul. After being on three different labels and knowing everyone and hearing yeses and nos and "You're it!" or "You're s - t!" I was depressed. But I never took no for an answer and really believed in myself.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Car
Different
Soul
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I think that everybody that's coming out to Warped Tour, when they come to see the show, they're always like; let's go see that band that band that band and... that girl. I think that I tend to be that girl sometimes and I think that it's cool that I get to hang out with this Summer camp of smelly boys.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Girl
Boys
Summer
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The Summer after high school, when we first met, we make out in your Mustang, to Radiohead, and on my 18th birthday, we got matching tattoes, Used to steal your parents liquor, then climb to the roof, Talk about our future like we had a clue, Never thought I'd wondering I'd be losing you In another life, I would be your belle
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Parent
School
Summer
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I saw a spider, I didn't scream 'Cause I can belch the alphabet Just double dog dare me And I chose guitar over ballet And I tape these suckers down 'Cause they just get in my way The way you look at me Is kind of like a little sister You high five your goodbyes And it leaves me nothing but blisters So I don't want to be one of the boys.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Girl
Dog
Goodbye
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You never know what's actually going on in a person's life. You don't know what happened to them before you met them...and that's why they are the way they are. But I do think about it whenever I get in contact with my fans. I know this may be the only time they'll ever meet me. I try to take advantage of that moment and be kind and grateful.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Wisdom
Grateful
Reality
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A lot of people do things out of fear. A lot of people make choices, based on thinking, they won’t have a career in five years. I know where I am, I know what I do is worth something and does not have an expiration date on it. I’m not making choices — in any capacity of my life, with any kind of endorsement, with any kind of product — out of fear.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Careers
Thinking
Years
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I think that a lot of teenagers think they got it all down-pat. Especially when they first move out and they're on their own for the first time. Oh this is easy, this is breezy. Then all of a sudden it hits you in your mid-twenties that maybe you don't know how to do your taxes still. There's all kinds of things and you start calling your parents up again.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Moving
Teenager
Thinking
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Boom, boom, boom, Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon, It's always been inside of you, you, you And now it's time to let it through, ooh, ooh. Cause, baby, you're a firework Come on, show 'em what you're worth Make 'em go, "Oh! Oh! Oh!" As you shoot across the sky-y-y. Baby, you're a firework Come on, let your colors burst Make 'em go, "Oh! Oh! Oh!" You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Baby
Color
Moon
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I guess I prefer to play live, but I don't want to have only live CDs. I like playing live because there are alot of things that can happen. I can interact with the audience and say some things to get me in trouble. On the other hand, the studio is nice because you can really take your time and make something that you know is the best thing that you can ever do. But nothing beats being up on stage in front of all that energy.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Cds
Hands
Nice
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My religious upbringing was comically strict — even the Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner was banned. In our house, no one was allowed to refer to deviled eggs. We had to call them angelic eggs. We were never allowed to swear. I'd get into trouble just for saying 'Hell no'. If you dropped a hammer on your toe in our house you had to say something like 'Jiminy Christmas'. The only music we were allowed to listen to was gospel. No wonder I rebelled.
Katy Perry / Recording Artist
Eggs
House
Religious
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