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Katy Perry

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Perry was born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents; she grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in church as a child. After earning a GED during her freshman year of high school, she began to pursue a music career. She released a self-titled gospel album in 2001 as Katy Hudson which failed with the closing of its record label that year. She recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed most of a solo album from 2004–2005, neither of which were released.

After signing on with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released her first Internet single, "Ur So Gay", that November, which garnered attention but did not chart. She rose to fame with her second single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, which topped international charts. Perry's first mainstream album, One of the Boys, followed later that year and was eventually announced to be the thirty-third best selling album of 2008 worldwide. It was accredited platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America; "I Kissed a Girl" and her second single "Hot n Cold" both received multi-platinum certifications. Perry was ranked the 97th Artist of the 2000–10 decade by Billboard. She became known for wearing unconventional style of dress, often combining bold colors and vintage fashion. Her next album, Teenage Dream, was released on August 24, 2010 in the United States.

Perry had a long relationship with Travis McCoy. In October 2010, she married Russell Brand.


“If someone hurts you make the bitch pay.”
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“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.”
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“Maybe the reason why all the doors are closed so you could open one that leads you to the perfect road.”
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“Thank you for believing in my weirdness!”
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“I'm a romantic and I kinda believed in this fairy tale. And in some ways I think that's always been to my advantage, because like if you can believe in something great, I feel like you can achieve something great.”
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“You don't have to feel like a waste of space, your original can not be replaced”
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“I crushed on the most popular guy in school! I saw him at a concert and I shouted out," Is that Shane Lopes? You were the most popular guy in my class, but you never wanted to go out with me. Instead it was Amanda Wayne. What are you thinking now?”
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“I have to be a ginger for 3 weeks.”
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“Cause when I'm with him I am thinking of you.”
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“In another life, I would be your girl. Capable of making promises. We would rule the world.”
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“In another life,I would be your girl,we keep all our promises,the us against the world,In another life,I would make you stay,So I don't have to say you werethe one that got awaythe one that got away”
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“Baby you're a firework, come on, let your colors burst!!”
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“Cause in you're eyes, I'd like to stay”
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“I wish that I was looking into your eyes”
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“How do I get better once I've had the best?”
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“Comparisons are easily done, once you've had a taste of perfection”
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“Talking about the future, like we had a clue. Never plans that one day, I'd be losing you”
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“The Summer after high school,when we first met, we make out in your Mustang, to Radiohead,and on my 18th birthday, we got matching tattoes,Used to steal your parents liquor, then climb to the roof,Talk about our future like we had a clue,Never thought I'd wondering I'd be losing youIn another life, I would be your belle”
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“In another life, I would be your belle”
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“You are a firework!”
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“Do you ever feel like a plastic bagDrifting throught the windWanting to start againDo you ever feel, feel so paper thinLike a house of cardsOne blow from caving in”
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“You said move on, where do I go?”
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“Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed, so you can open one that leads you to the perfect road.”
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“Baby you're a firework, c'mon show 'em what you're worth..." ~Firework”
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“Boom, boom, boom,Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon,It's always been inside of you, you, youAnd now it's time to let it through, ooh, ooh.Cause, baby, you're a fireworkCome on, show 'em what you're worthMake 'em go, "Oh! Oh! Oh!"As you shoot across the sky-y-y.Baby, you're a fireworkCome on, let your colors burstMake 'em go, "Oh! Oh! Oh!"You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own.”
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“I saw a spider-I didn't scream 'cause I can belch the alphabet-Just double dog dare me! And I chose guitar over ballet and I take these suckers down 'cause they just get in my way. Then you look at me kinda like a little sister-You high five your goodbyes and it leaves me nothing but blisters- I don't want to be one of the boys, one of your guys-Just give me a chance to prove to you tonight that I just wanna be one of the girls, pretty in pearls and not one of the boys...”
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“You think I'm prettyWithout any make-up onYou think I'm funnyWhen I tell the puch line wrongI know you get meSo I'll let my walls come down, down”
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“You are a fan of Katy Perry you want her heart you want her soul you love her songs you like her moves she may be a kinda a slut but you still love any way you you dream you laugh you like her songs and you dance-but all you gotta do is have a Teenage Dream.”
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“You change your mindLike a girl changes clothes”
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