Top 200 Katy Perry Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “The media, is media. You always have to take the media with a grain of salt. You can’t believe everything you read.”

— Katy Perry

152. “You look at someone like Beyonce singing ‘Single Ladies,’ when we all know she’s married. Some of it is just for entertainment.”

— Katy Perry

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

— Katy Perry

154. “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.”

— Katy Perry

155. “I consider myself a believer in something much bigger than myself, thank God.”

— Katy Perry

156. “I came from a different mind-set growing up, and my mind has changed.”

— Katy Perry

157. “I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids.”

— Katy Perry

158. “I am a pop girl! And I’m on a major label. I enjoy singing pop songs.”

— Katy Perry

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

— Katy Perry

160. “I am a gay activist and I say that proudly. I voted no on Prop 8.”

— Katy Perry

161. “My heart beat Beats me senselessly Why’s everything Gotta be so intense with me...”

— Katy Perry

162. “I can’t just be the girl who sang ‘I Kissed a Girl.’ I have to leave a legacy.”

— Katy Perry

163. “I actually finally let the Light in and then I was able to create all these songs that were inspired by letting the Light in and doing some self-reflection and just kind of working on myself.”

— Katy Perry

164. “I’ve always been ambitious since I was nine years old and that was never going to change.”

— Katy Perry

165. “I love what I do and when I don’t love what I do, I’ll make a change.”

— Katy Perry

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

— Katy Perry

167. “In another life, I would be your belle.”

— Katy Perry

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

— Katy Perry

169. “I just feel like I’m going to be criticized regardless of what I do next, so I might as well do something that I feel really passionate about.”

— Katy Perry

170. “Maybe I’m competitive. I just feel like I have this gift that I’ve been given. It’s like, “Someone unwrap it! Here it is!” That drive can’t be held down. I have a lot of ambition.”

— Katy Perry

171. “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.”

— Katy Perry

172. “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.”

— Katy Perry

173. “I just changed as a person and have always been changing constantly from fifteen to twenty-three.”

— Katy Perry

174. “Cause in you’re eyes, I’d like to stay.”

— Katy Perry

175. “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.”

— Katy Perry

176. “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.”

— Katy Perry

177. “I’m really critical of my posture, it makes a big difference. And I try to suck my belly in. Everyone should do that whether you’re on a red carpet or not. Even if you’re just going out to dinner with your boyfriend you should try and suck it in.”

— Katy Perry

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

— Katy Perry

179. “People tried to do a lot of stuff with me early in my career where they tried to shape me into one thing or another. They couldn’t just take the chance and go with my vision – which was just my intuition, really.”

— Katy Perry

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

— Katy Perry

181. “I feel like I have a little bit of a fresh ear when creating music. I’m not trying to be like anything else, cuz I have no idea what anything else is like!”

— Katy Perry

182. “I’m kinda saving myself for Miley Cyrus.”

— Katy Perry

183. “If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus.”

— Katy Perry

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

— Katy Perry

185. “I wasn’t allowed to listen to a lot of music growing up. It wasn’t until I started to make my gospel record when I was around 14 or 15 that I started to be exposed to more outside influences.”

— Katy Perry

186. “I don’t have a Kate Moss body, but I’m very proud and happy with mine.”

— Katy Perry

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

— Katy Perry

188. “I still want to make a pop record. I want to make a more sonically current pop record. I maybe want to make people move a little bit more.”

— Katy Perry

189. “I didn’t come here to run for President. I really just came here to play rock and roll.”

— Katy Perry

190. “I’m competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I’m not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I’m trying to put my best foot forward.”

— Katy Perry

191. “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.”

— Katy Perry

192. “You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It’s not like I’m sitting on top of a pile of money.”

— Katy Perry

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

— Katy Perry

194. “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.”

— Katy Perry

195. “I always tell my fans that are closest to me, if it’s not coming from my mouth, my website, or my appointed person, then it’s generally not true. Or it’s an exaggeration.”

— Katy Perry

196. “My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you’re 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.”

— Katy Perry

197. “I can assure you, nothing in my performance will be deflated.”

— Katy Perry

198. “The first songs I wrote were catchy, but the subject matter was God.”

— Katy Perry

199. “I’m really happy to be on the cover as a strong female who has created her own career.”

— Katy Perry

200. “The press is just not your friend when it comes to a marriage. That’s why we didn’t sell the pictures of our wedding, and we got offered millions of dollars for them, millions.”

— Katy Perry