46 Inspirational Katy Perry Quotes [2024]

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Updated: January 20th, 2022

Katy Perry is a famous American pop singer, songwriter, and actress.

Her music has been recognized for influencing the pop sound and style of the 2010s. She has nine Billboard Hot 100 number one singles and has received various awards, including four Guinness World Records, five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award. Perry has been included in the annual Forbes lists of highest-earning women in music from 2011 to 2019. Perry has supported various charitable organizations and causes throughout her career. In 2013, she was officially named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

We've put together an incredible collection of Katy Perry quotes to read.

Here they are:

46 Inspirational Katy Perry Quotes [2024]

List of Inspiring Katy Perry Quotes

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."

Maybe you’re the reason why all the doors are closed, so you can open one that leads you to the perfect road."

I am so grateful for all the love and support I’ve had from people around the world."

Don't care what people gonna think of you, do what you wanna do and seek just your happiness."

If you can believe in something great, then you can achieve something great."

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."

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."

If you're presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything."

Too many girl rush into relationships because of the fear of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. Don’t do that."

Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while."

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 always ask me, 'What is it that you regret' And I say, 'nothing, because I could not buy what I've learned.' And I apply those things to my life I learn."

You can get through it and you can land on your feet triumphantly and strong."

Find out what your gift is and nurture it."

If you have a dream you gotta go on a journey to fulfill that dream."

Comparisons are easily done once you’ve had a taste of perfection."

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."

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 think you can have it all, you just have to work really hard because great things don’t come easily."

So take a chance and don’t ever look back."

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."

Baby you’re a firework, c’mon show ’em what you’re worth!"

I wanted to be that quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning."

My personality is up and down, sassy and cheeky."

You don’t have to feel like a waste of space. Your original cannot be replaced."

This is the part of me that you’re never gonna ever take away from me."

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

My sister travels with me, and she's the person who keeps me in line, whether I like it or not. I trust her and also have a good, healthy fear of her."

Thank you for believing in my weirdness!"

I don't have a Kate Moss body, but I'm very proud and happy with mine."

After a hurricane comes a rainbow."

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."

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

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."

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

I don’t need the Prince Charming to have my own happy ending."

You held me down, but I got up. Already brushing off the dust."

Acceptance is the key to be… To be truly free."

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

Talking about the future, like we had a clue. Never plans that one day, I'd be losing you."

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."

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?’"

I don’t believe in a heaven or a hell or an old man sitting on a throne. I believe in a higher power bigger than me because that keeps me accountable."

Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke."

I have always been the kid who’s asked ’Why?’ In my faith, you’re just supposed to have faith. But I was always like ’why?’"

How do I get better once I've had the best?"

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