Katy Perry is known today as one of the most innovative and exciting pop stars in the world. One day she sits on soda cans and bubblegum props in Las Vegas, coaching and judging. american idol next. She came into our lives because she “kissed the girl” and is known today for her “Roar.”
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But despite all this global success, one wonders what Perry has to say about life and love, the world around her, her craft and more. outside from her famous songs. This is the subject of today’s investigation. Here are 30 of Perry’s best quotes.
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1. “I don’t want to completely sabotage everything I have and push everyone away. But I definitely want to take risks like I always do.”
2. “I don’t care about bad dance moves. I’m okay with the fact that I have terrible bottom teeth. This is what makes me me, and for some reason everything worked out well.”
3. “I am still traveling along the popular road of life. Looking even further into the future, I definitely want to make an acoustic record. I want to try a lot of different things.”
4. “All my relatives in my circle were from the church: church friends, church school, church activities. None of my friends were allowed to watch MTV, go to PG-13 movies, or listen to the radio, so I didn’t really know much. I was brought up like that”.
5. “I think parents grow up with an idea of what they want their children to be like, and then their children grow up to be their own people.”
6. “I like hearing my song on the radio the first time, but when it comes on again, I change the station. There’s so much attention on me already. I don’t need any more.”
7. “I think you are more attractive when you are vulnerable.”
8. “For me, records are black boxes. For example, if you want to know who I am, my views, my point of view, what I love and what I hate, my beliefs, my hymns. I’ve never let people’s opinions affect how I write.”
9. “I grew up listening to the gospel. That was the only thing I had in mind because that was what my family was all about.”
10. “With songs, I always promised to be honest. I write my songs because I lived them.”
11. “My style icons were Gwen Stefani in No Doubt and then Shirley Manson in Garbage.”
12. “I would go to the farmers market in Santa Barbara and get out my guitar case and check out these little songs I was writing and grab a couple of avocados. a bag of pistachios and about fifteen bucks. It was a lot of money for me.”
13. “I wanted to be that quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning.”
14. “I really like looking like a history textbook. I can do a 1940s look, I can do a 1970s hippie look, and sometimes I’ll rock that ’80s Brooklyn hip-hop guy with door knocker earrings.”
15. “I grew up with nothing, so the idea that I can now take care of my family and friends is a really cool bonus.”
16. “I can’t be the candy queen forever.”
17. “Honestly, I pray for humility because it’s so easy to get caught up in this world.”
18. “There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially for me without makeup, completely bloated or crying. But I realized it was time to show my audience that you don’t have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because no one strives to be perfect.”
19. “I like a good boy, but sometimes you get bored.”
20. “I walked in circles. I was hanging out with the rockabilly crew, guys who were trying to be rappers, fun kids.”
21. “My father would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you’re 9 years old, to sing in church, on restaurant tables, at family gatherings, anywhere.”
22. “Even if you have a really good intention to do something creative or special with your life, it is difficult. I mean, look at the number of people who actually get this opportunity.”
23. “I don’t need Prince Charming to give me a happy ending.”
24. “I will always let love guide me. I was born with this blind ambition and it brought me here. I think I’ll stick with it.”
25. “If you carry yourself with confidence, you can accomplish almost anything.”
26. “I seem like a good girl, but I’m not. I’m a good girl because I really believe in love, honesty and respect. I’m a bad girl because I like to tease. I know there’s sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to make people think. That’s what stories do in my music.”
27. “For a modern woman, it is important to be supported, and that there is equality in all aspects, and that not two halves make a whole, but two wholes make a whole.”
28. “I don’t care what people say about my relationship; I don’t care what they say about my breasts. People buy my songs; I have a sold out tour. I get incredible feedback from my music.”
29. “I didn’t go to good schools because my parents didn’t believe in public education. They wanted education to be influenced by their religion, so I went to these half-educated Christian schools that were like pop-up shop style education.”
30. “Identify what your gift is and develop it.”
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