#ted

Ever since I was younger I wanted to be on stage, singing my songs in a glittering costume. And that happened and is still happening. I have to remember that this is what I wished for and be grateful because there are 500 other girls right behind me that are ready to snatch it up. ↗

— Katy Perry

#because #behind #costume #ever #glittering

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. ↗

— Katy Perry

#equality #every #halves #important #make

There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I've realized that it's time for me to show my audience that you don't have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect. ↗

— Katy Perry

#audience #because #being #bloated #completely

Everyone related to me in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities. All my friends weren't allowed to watch MTV or go to PG-13 movies or listen to the radio, so I didn't really know anything different. That's how I was raised. ↗

— Katy Perry

#allowed #anything #church #circle #different

I think we're all blessed with gifts and I was lucky I just found out what mine was early on and have planted that seed and tried to water it every day. ↗

— Katy Perry

#day #early #every #every day #found

I was never really attached to a clique, and I wanted to be in all the different groups; I was never a one-group kind of person. I think that's still part of my personality today. ↗

— Katy Perry

#clique #different #groups #i #i think

I'm okay if everything is honest and truthful and relatable. If it's fabricated and ill-motived, it's not good. ↗

— Katy Perry

#fabricated #good #honest #i #okay

My career is like an artichoke. People might think that the leaves are tasty and buttered up and delicious, and they don't even know that there's something magical hidden at the base of it. There's a whole other side of me that people didn't know existed. ↗

— Katy Perry

#buttered #career #delicious #even #existed

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

— Katy Perry

#explaining #guitar #how #i #point

I have multipersonality disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices. When I first started playing around with my look, it was more of a Dita Von Teese pinup thing. Dita's really dedicated. ↗

— Katy Perry

#choices #comes #course #dedicated #disorder