Katy Perry, born on October 25, 1984, as Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, is an acclaimed American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Rising to fame with her 2008 breakthrough single “I Kissed a Girl,” Perry has since become a global pop icon known for her catchy, anthemic hits and vibrant persona. Born in Santa Barbara, California, she initially pursued gospel music before transitioning to pop. Perry’s albums, including “Teenage Dream” and “Prism,” produced chart-topping singles and earned her numerous awards, including multiple Grammy nominations. Beyond her musical achievements, Perry has served as a judge on “American Idol” and engaged in philanthropy, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and supporting various charitable causes. With her dynamic stage presence and diverse musical style, Katy Perry continues to be an influential figure in the entertainment industry.
Katy Perry Quotes
1. “If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.”
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2. “After a hurricane, comes a rainbow.”
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3. “Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar.”
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4. “I will love you unconditionally.”
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5. “There’s a spark in you you’ve just gotta ignite the light and let it SHINE.”
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6. “I went from zero to my own hero.”
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7. “Acceptance is the key to be truly free.”
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8. “I’m happy, I’m in a good place, I’m looking forward to my future.”
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9. “Baby you’re a firework, come on, let your colors burst!!”
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10. “Be yourself and you can be anything.”
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11. “So take a chance and don’t ever look back.”
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12. “If you can believe in something great, then you can achieve something great.”
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13. “Maybe you’re the reason why all the doors are closed, so you can open one that leads you to the perfect road.”
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14. “In another life, I would be your girl, we keep all our promises, the us against the world, In another life, I would make you stay, So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away the one that got away.”
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15. “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag Drifting through the wind Wanting to start again Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin Like a house of cards One blow from caving in.”
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16. “No regrets, just love. We can dance until we die. You and I, we’ll be young forever!”
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17. “All this money can’t buy me a time machine.”
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18. “I can feel a phoenix inside of me. I can see the heavens but I still hear the flames calling out my name.”
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19. “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.”
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20. “Comparisons are easily done, once you’ve had a taste of perfection.”
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21. “You said move on, where do I go?”
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22. “Beautiful mind, tortured soul. I do have to figure out why I am attracted to these broken birds.”
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23. “Find out what your gift is and nurture it.”
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24. “Throw your stick and stones, throw your bombs and your blows, but you’re not gonna break my soul.”
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25. “I think you can have it all, you just have to work really hard because great things don’t come easily.”
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26. “You could travel the world, but nothing comes close to the golden coast. Once you party with us, you’ll be falling in love, Oooooh Oh Oooooh!”
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27. “I don’t need the Prince Charming to have my own happy ending.”
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28. “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.”
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29. “I fall in love every time. And I don’t really fall in love a lot, but when I do, I fall hard.”
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30. “Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as ‘Pass the salt’ It’s a secret, direct prayer language to God.”
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31. “Cause when I’m with him I am thinking of you.”
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32. “Recycle those nerves and make them adrenaline.”
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33. “You change your mind Like a girl changes clothes.”
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34. “All women are created equal Then some become marines.”
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35. “People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me.”
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36. “You don’t have to feel like a waste of space, your original can not be replaced.”
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37. “If you have a dream you gotta go on a journey to fulfill that dream.”
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38. “I just wanna throw my phone away and find out who is really there for me.”
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39. “Don’t care what people gonna think of you, do what you wanna do and seek just your happiness.”
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40. “I’ll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth. Even if it’s difficult.”
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41. “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.”
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42. “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.”
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43. “Talking about the future, like we had a clue. Never plans that one day, I’d be losing you.”
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44. “I’m just singing about my own life. Singing about all the little stories in my life and the things I’ve been through.”
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45. “Too many girls rush into relationships because of the fear of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. Don’t do that.”
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46. “Honesty has always worked for me.”
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47. “I wish that I was looking into your eyes.”
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48. “I don’t care what people say about my relationship; I don’t care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I’m getting incredible feedback from my music.”
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49. “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.”
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50. “I’m a good girl at heart who just wants to have fun.”
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51. “The past is like a handful of dust. It filters through your fingers, disappearing little by little. I wish, for one day, I could go back. In another life I would do things differently.”
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52. “How do I get better once I’ve had the best?”
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53. “I’m every woman. It takes a village to make me who I am.”
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54. “If you are not happy with something, you should change it. So I went to a lot of therapy, and finally, I am able to speak up for myself: You are going to hear me roar!”
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55. “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.”
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56. “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.”
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57. “I was really sick and I walked outside of the bus and realized; 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 superhuman now, or I have to be one.”
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58. “My personality is up and down, sassy and cheeky.”
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59. “You know you’re living right when you wake up, brush your hair – and confetti falls out!”
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60. “I never want to be just one thing – I want to be multidimensional.”
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61. “I am never usually taking myself too seriously and I think that people when they read stuff from me, they have to realize that I’m having fun.”
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62. “I’ve lived such a great, fantastic life already, but there’s still so much more.”
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63. “In another life, I would be your girl. Capable of making promises. We would rule the world.”
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64. “I’m either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.”
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65. “Even if you actually have the good intent to do something creative or special with your life, it’s hard. I mean, look at the number of people who actually get the opportunity.”
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66. “Sometimes, you promise someone forever, but it doesn’t work that way…”
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67. “I hate working out, but I love jumping rope. There’s a rhythm. It’s like dancing.”
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68. “I’m okay if everything is honest and truthful and relatable. If it’s fabricated and ill-motived, it’s not good.”
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69. “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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70. “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.”
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71. “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.”
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72. “I have a soft spot for women, I’m not afraid of it, some women walk into the room, and they’re so beautiful and you’re like, ‘I wanna smell you’ you know?”
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73. “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.”
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74. “I’ve done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination.”
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75. “Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America – especially as a female.”
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76. “I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world.”
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77. “I’m okay with having bad dance moves. I’m okay with having horrible lower teeth. That’s what makes me me, and for some reason, it’s worked out all right.”
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78. “I’ve just always been very aware and careful of everything so that I can be ready for the perfect opportunities as they come. I don’t take anything for granted or wait for anything to come to me.”
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79. “For me especially, I always have a very cheery disposition and that’s how I’ve always come off. So I forget that doesn’t really allow me to have a bad mood.”
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80. “I see everything through a spiritual lens.”
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81. “I have a second chance on life.”
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82. “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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83. “Everybody wants to have a commentary on my life like they are actually living it. Cool, comment all you want but I’m the one that’s living it.”
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84. “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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85. “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.’”
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86. “Hollywood is so fake and people need to realize that people are just people, and you, too, don’t need to be born into something or have money or have whatever product someone is hawking on you.”
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87. “My parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a world outside.”
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88. “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.”
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89. “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.”
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90. “But of course I love my Japanese fans and the show must go on, no matter the daily aftershocks or husband kidnappings! It’s not right but it’s okay.”
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91. “I’m not coming out trying to prove anything to anyone, like, ‘Oh, I’m in assless chaps!’ or ‘I can’t be tamed!’ I’ve already been through that phase. I started at 23, you know?”
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92. “I’m a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.”
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93. “I remember really vividly kneeling by my bed as a nine-year-old, saying my prayers and asking God to give me boobs that were so big that if I laid on my back I wouldn’t be able to see my feet.”
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94. “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.”
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95. “You can’t be a full tranny every day of the week that’s an exaggerated part of my personality.”
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96. “I like a good boy, but sometimes you get bored.”
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97. “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.”
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98. “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.”
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99. “I can’t rate myself, but if you ask Russell, I’m sure he’d give me a ten out of ten.”
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100. “I grew up raised in a church, my parents are both traveling ministers. They blocked out MTV which was fine, but I’d find myself figuring out who New Kids On The Block were.”
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