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Katy Perry is an American pop singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her unique musical style and stage presence, she has won numerous music awards, including Grammy Awards. Perry's music blends elements of pop, rock, electronic, and country, with hit songs like 'I Kissed a Girl', 'Hot n Cold', and 'Roar'.

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“I'd like to say I'd like to be as big as a Gwen or a Madonna, but I think those days of achieving that level are over. The media is bringing everybody down.”

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“Don't care what people gonna think of you, do what you wanna do and seek just your happiness.”

People Thinking Care Don't Care Think Of You

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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.”

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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.”

“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.”

“I was not even allowed to mention the name Madonna in my household - just because I think the '80s and '90s were so Madonna-filled. She was going through so many evolutions at that time.”

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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!”

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“I think Rihanna always looks so fresh and I'm like, "How do you do that? We all know how much pot you smoke!"”

Thinking Knows Looks Know How Smoke Pot

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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.”

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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.”

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“They think that I was like Amy Grant, when actually no! The label went bankrupt and maybe sold a couple hundred records and that's about it. I was just trying different things.”

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“We're technology obsessed. I think it's easier to text than to actually say hi to someone.”

Thinking Technology Easier Obsessed

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“I think that maybe people comment on the internet because they never know if they're going to be able to meet that one person and they want to have a say so, or what have-you.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Want Persons Able Internet Comment That One Person

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“I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm ready for whatever happens but I think that fame is what comes along with the territory when you open yourself up and become this story, this book for anyone to read.”

Thinking Book Stories Happens Ready Fame Scared Excited Territory Whatever Happens

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“I think the world likes to pick apart different songs and play doctor with songs sometimes and make them into this big controversial thing.”

Thinking World Different Sometimes Play Bigs Song Picks Doctors Likes Controversial

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“I am never usually taking myself too seriously and I think that people when they read stuff from me, they have to realise that I'm having fun.”

People Thinking Fun Stuff Having Fun Realising

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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“Unfortunately, I think a lot of people are affected more by the idea of fame than the actual work ethic involved. A lot of them just want to be reality TV-type people who don't do anything.”

People Thinking Want Ideas Reality Tvs Type Involved Fame Ethics Affected Work Ethic Reality Tv

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“I'm still driving along on the pop freeway of life. Thinking even further into the future, I definitely want to make an acoustic record. I want to try lots of different things.”

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“Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do.”

Thinking Products Fame Disgusting

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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.”

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“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.”

Thinking Kind Persons Stills Different Today Wanted Groups Personality Clique

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

Thinking Play Dresses Features Girly

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“I think that you should definitely listen to what people say, because everyone says it: High school is not the real world.”

People Thinking World Should Real School High School Real World

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“I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable.”

Thinking Vulnerable Relatable

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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.”

People Thinking Knows Whole Might Sides Careers Delicious Tasty Artichokes

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“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?”

Thinking Believe Looks Important Self Form I Believe Stars Imagine I Believe In Aliens Look Up Astrology

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“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.”

Thinking Trying Children Sometimes Grows Parent Growing Up Mines Grew Grew Up Agree Disagree Coexist Agree To Disagree

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“You think I'm pretty Without any make-up on You think I'm funny When I tell the punch line wrong I know you get me So I'll let my walls come down, down.”

Thinking Knows Lines Wall

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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?”

Thinking Wanted School Guy Class Saws Crush Concerts Crushed Wayne Shane Amanda

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“Cause when I'm with him I am thinking of you.”

Thinking Causes Thinking Of You

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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.”

Ifs Thinking Way Feels Believe Achieve Like You Advantage Tales Fairy Fairy Tale

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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.”

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“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.”

Thinking Way Kind Born Ambition Blind Sticks Blind Ambition

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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.”

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“I love the Seahawks because of Russell [Wilson] and I think that I'm going to probably go for them!”

Thinking Wilson

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“I think you can have it all, you just have to work really hard because great things don't come easily.”

Thinking Hard Great Things

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“My fans are the best. I mean if there was a war, I think they'd definitely win just because they'd kill them with kindness.”

Ifs Thinking Mean War Winning Kindness Fans

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“Many people think I try to be like Lady Gaga but what they don't know is that I'm a Britney Spears wanna be.”

People Thinking Knows Trying Spears Gaga

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“Last Friday night; Yeah we danced on tabletops. And we took too many shots. Think we kissed, but I forgot?”

Thinking Lasts Night Shots Yeah Friday Friday Night Nightlife

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“I think when you put sex and spirituality in the same bottle and shake it up, bad things happen.”

Thinking Happens Spirituality Sex Things Happen Shakes Bad Things Bottles Bad Things Happen Shake It Up

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About the Author

Born: October 25, 1984
Known for: Recording Artist
Quotes: 283

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