You held me down, but I got up — Katy Perry

"I gave myself until I turned 25 to make it. And if it didnt happen, I thought Id just try to find a nice husband."

"You know, sometimes you can be blinded by your extreme emotions. I definitely was looking for answers, during that time when I wrote that song, and yeah, I was depressed and sad, and there were thoughts, but there were never actions, thankfully. But I wanted to share that side of my story, because I know there are so many other people out there that have gone through things like that, and you always feel like youre the only one going through that. You walk out the door, and you see someone you know, and they ask you how you are, and you just have to say youre fine when youre not really fine, but you just cant get into it because they would never understand. Well, then comes along a song that speaks to you, that makes you feel like "Gosh, I can get through this. If she can get through this, I can get through this"."

"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."

"This is a really important time in my life. I cant just be the girl who sang I Kissed a Girl. I have to leave a legacy."

"Im a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. Im 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. Thats what the stories in my music do."

"In another life, I would be your girl. Wed keep all our promises, Be us against the world. In another life, I would make you stay, So I dont have to say you were The one that got away, The one that got away."