Quotes from Katy Perry

I'm okay with having bad dance moves.

I never want to be just one thing - I want to be multidimensional.

One thing I can't do, and I hope that there are other people out there that feel the same way, is climb a rope. Oh my gosh, it's so hard to climb rope! It's all about grip and arms.

My parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a world outside.

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.

People don't want just vanilla. They want 31 flavors. I couldn't do what Rihanna does. I couldn't do what Gaga does. They can't do what I do.

Sometimes, you promise someone forever, but it doesn't work that way.

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.

My job is for the people. It's for the public. It's for their consumption. So I've done a lot in that way, and I see that the hard work has finally paid off.

I got a fantastic person to work me out and get me into really good shape.

I need a man who tells me the party's over, that it's time to go home, because [we] have to work in the morning.

My style icons were Gwen Stefani, when she was in No Doubt, and then Shirley Manson in Garbage.

So take a chance and don't ever look back.

I have a lot of ambition.

When I was 13, I asked for a guitar. And that's how I really started explaining my point of view.

I don't want to completely self-sabotage everything that I've got and alienate everyone. But I definitely want to take some chances as I always have.

If you like my music, great, and if you don't, whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way.

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.

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.

I'm every woman. It takes a village to make me who I am.

I did a lot of thrift and vintage. I would mix those pieces into some of the more inexpensive items from Express, Gap, Old Navy, and Clothestime.

Sometimes life gets so difficult that you just need to laugh about it.

Too many girls rush into relationships because of the fear of being single, then start making compromises, and losing their identity. Dont do that.

I'm definitely not trying to be, or am, a poster child for anything so structured. But I do have my own personal faith most definitely.