Quotes from Katy Perry

It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it's no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I'd have the success they had.

I have a second chance on life.

I'm just singing about my own life. Singing about all the little stories in my life and the things I've been through.

There are times I go out and meet people and flirt, but it's not really appropriate to have anything serious.

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

I've lived such a great, fantastic life already, but there's still so much more.

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?

In another life, I would be your girl. Capable of making promises. We would rule the world.

In another life, I would be your belle

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.

My parents are very quirky, eccentric. They have their own world.

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

Sometimes I can be distracted by the glamour and the fabulousness.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

I fall in love every time. And I don't really fall in love a lot, but when I do, I fall hard.

Relationships are kind of like riding a bull. You hang on for dear life and sometimes you get a little buck here and there ... but you get back on.

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.

I never live in the present. I'd do interviews and people will say, 'Isn't this great?' or 'Can you believe?' And I would react, like, 'No, I can't believe it because I'm not living in this moment.'

I don't take anything for granted. There are 500 other girls right behind me. And I know that, because I was one of them.