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- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I moved to Seattle in fourth grade, I joined the Seattle Girls' Choir. It's a world-class choir, and we competed, toured Europe, and went and sang at the Vatican, so it was a really awesome experience to have that young.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started writing my own songs from the time I was a little kid. I would write my own lyrics to other people's songs that I heard on the radio and take whatever song and make it about fairies and angels - whatever little girls sing about.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to think of myself as the people's pop star a little bit. I respect Lady Gaga so much, and I love what she does, but she has this kind of mysterious, out-of-reach thing. I'm just not that - as much as I'd love to have that sort of mystique, I think I'm kind of an open book.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been singing since I could talk, pretty much. My dad was really musical and taught me how to sing harmonies and got me a karaoke machine with tape decks.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had a teenage thread running through my music.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw Tina Turner do 'Proud Mary' on TV, and it was so electrifying and such a unique experience. I remember crying out of excitement, and I knew that I wanted to be a performer and make people feel excited and moved, and that's why I gravitated towards it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are some artists that don't like working with other females, which is fine. They have their own thing. I personally love being surrounded by other females.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I know I will be working with someone and they are not keen with writing with a girl, I like to be non-threatening and cool so they will trust me. It's a thought process of who work and how I want to present myself.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think what it means to be an 'American Girl,' and what I wrote the song about, is our freedoms. The idea that we as Americans can be what we want to be and say what we want to say and that we take it for granted.
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Teenage Dream' was the most difficult song I've ever been a part of. We wrote five different versions of it. We couldn't get the lyrics right. Max Martin and Dr. Luke wrote most of the melody, and then Katy Perry and I were responsible for getting the lyrics right.
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- Nov 07, 2020
For 'Dynamite,' Max and Luke went to dinner and left me with a melody, and then I put it together.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I think about 'Since U Been Gone,' I think the first thing that comes to mind is 'Livin' On A Prayer' - they're kind of like sisters, a little bit. And 'Call Me Maybe' was so wildly original, and so quirky, and so satisfying.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I get an artistic itch, I have to scratch it.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a lot of successes as a songwriter, and I really have nothing to prove in that arena, so I'm just excited about the next challenge of pursuing this artist thing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great to just reach out and give something to the fans when they're hungry for it.
- Little Girls
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was writing songs as a kid about leprechauns and Catwoman and teapots - whatever it is that little girls wanna sing about. The first song I wrote was called 'Kitten.'
- Bathing Suit
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Northern California and lived there until I was about eight years old. Then my parents moved me up to Seattle. I lived there from ages eight to 16. When I was a California kid, I remember running around in my bathing suit and barefoot all the time and getting a suntan.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my parents were like, 'We're going to the Northwest,' I thought, 'You've gotta be kidding me.' I was so depressed. The cold weather really did not agree with me. When I moved back down to L.A. at 16, I felt like it was home - it was where I belonged.
- Beach
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my mind, I imagined L.A. to be skyscrapers on the beach. Of course, that's not what it actually looks like. And growing up watching 'Beverly Hills 90210' and 'Melrose Place,' I always had an obsession with L.A. and California in general.
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- Nov 07, 2020
After struggling for so long in the industry and writing so many failed songs and hearing 'no' for so long - I'm so grateful every time I hear a song that I was a part of on the radio.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing for other people, I have to play it safe.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm dealing with Britney Spears and Katy Perry, these massive brands, like, really, very Coca-Cola, you know what I mean? There are certain kinds of standards. There are risks you can take, and there's risks that you don't. And I think I'm interested in taking a little more risk in my own music.
- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I wrote 'Don't Speak' by No Doubt. I mean, that is a classic heartbreak song; it gets me every time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write for myself, I think about myself and draw from my own experience.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a notebook of concepts. There are titles everywhere if you are looking for them. I pull from them. There is a secret list that I keep for myself about what I want to sing about, and those are the ones I know I am not going to give up for someone else.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love shoes. I am a shoe fanatic. I love my Giuseppe Zanottis - he is my favorite. I have them in every color. Other than shoes, it's important to have a great black leather jacket.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had a teenage thread running through my music. On my first album, I had a song called 'Confessions of a Teenage Girl.' It's about using your feminine wealth to get what you want.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of little 'Bonnie-isms' in 'Teenage Dream' that I was hoping to keep for myself.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like big, soaring melodies and fun, splashy lyrics. Maybe like what Blondie would do in 2013.
- Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
A line has to have a certain number of syllables, and the next line has to be its mirror image.
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- Nov 07, 2020
People like hearing songs that sound like something they've heard before, that's reminiscent of their childhood and of what their parents listened to.
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of times, if you're not getting inspiration right away, we'll listen to stuff to get inspired.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
The original title was 'Waking Up Diagonal'. It's the first line of the song. I just thought it was more interesting than 'I Don't Care', which is such a boring title to me. When I hear that song, it breaks my heart a little bit because it's my story.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to make a video for the holidays, but none of the traditional holiday songs were moving me.
- Haunting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know 'Hallelujah' isn't actually a Christmas song, but it has that cozy, haunting vibe that sounds like a winter's night and belongs by a fire.
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- Nov 07, 2020