People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me. Katy Perry More Quotes by Katy Perry More Quotes From Katy Perry 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 records growing-up influence 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 hard-work jobs people 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 80s-and-90s names thinking What I wanted to be and who I am is a singer and a songwriter. I wanted to be onstage, and I wanted the world to hear my music. The product of that is fame and the disgusting celebrity that goes along with it. But celebrity does not equal creativity. Katy Perry creativity who-i-am doe I was being musically mentored by a lot of people who were obviously more talented and skilled than I was, and I thought that I would just kind of learn the ropes of songwriting there - like how to do acoustic, country-esque songs, which I like because there's so much story in them. Katy Perry song country people When I love somebody, I love somebody. Like, I want to marry them. I don't date around. I haven't been on a date. Katy Perry havens want 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 given ambition feels I'm an emotional person. I love music that moves me and makes the hair on my arms stand up. And I want the same thing in relationships. Either you can keep up or you can't. Katy Perry emotional hair moving 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. Katy Perry party home morning 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 grain-of-salt media believe 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 website fans mouths Everybody wants to have a commentary on my life, like they are actually living it. Cool, comment all you want but I'm the one that's living it. Katy Perry actually-living comment want I have a confidence because my research shows that I should just really trust my instincts. Katy Perry instinct research should 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 doctors song thinking I didn't come here to run for President. I really just came here to play rock and roll. Katy Perry rock-and-roll rocks running I'd like to say I'd like to be as big as a Gwen or a Madonna, but I think those days of achieving that level are over. The media is bringing everybody down. Katy Perry levels media thinking I think that everybody that's coming out to Warped Tour, when they come to see the show, they're always like; let's go see that band that band that band and... that girl. I think that I tend to be that girl sometimes and I think that it's cool that I get to hang out with this Summer camp of smelly boys. Katy Perry girl summer boys 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 intuition careers people For me especially, I always have a very cheery disposition and that's how I've always come off. So I forget that doesn't really allow me to have a bad mood. Katy Perry mood bad-mood forget I think that maybe people comment on the internet because they never know if they're going to be able to meet that one person and they want to have a say so, or what have-you. Katy Perry that-one-person people thinking
