Katy Perry Says Some of Her Exes Have Been "Threatened" by Her

Updated on Sep 10, 2014 at 1:15 PM

While no one knows for sure if Katy Perry is having a beef with Taylor Swift at the moment, the singer did reveal that her success has intimidated other people in her life. Pre-Taylor-feud, Katy took part in an interview with Harper's Bazaar for its October issue (which hits newsstands on Sept. 23). She opened up about her new attitude toward her love life, how she meets men to go on dates, and what has gone wrong in her past relationships. Katy also touched on her infamous comments about being open to the idea of becoming a single mother. Keep reading for Katy's best quotes from her Harper's Bazaar interview.

On what she learned in therapy: "What I've learned is that if you don't have the foundation of self-love first, you really have nowhere to pull love from to give it away. I had to learn about taking care of myself before I could take care of others. I want to mommy everyone. I want to take care of them. I want to save them, and I forget myself in the meantime. I learned that through therapy."
On what she looks for in a man: "[I'm] open. As I'm heading into my 30s I have less time for bullsh*t. I look for the same characteristics: a sense of humor—someone who makes me laugh off the charts—someone who is sensitive, someone who loves and understands music, and who is really smart."
On meeting guys: "It's usually just through friends of friends. We have a lot of dinner parties. I'm definitely not on Tinder, even though I joke about it."

On her exes: "A lot of times I've ended up with people who have been intimidated by me, unfortunately. They say they're not, but it comes out in the long run. They're threatened, or there's resentment because they don't know how to handle it."
On people being concerned about her 2013 comments about motherhood: "When I do these interviews, a lot of these clips people pull out are like, 'Katy Perry doesn't want a man to have babies.' I'm like, 'I didn't say that. I just said, I'm good.' Why am I a baby machine? Why can't I be a mogul? I want to have a baby, sure, but I want to have a career. I want to have a record label. I want to have an incredible tour. So I'm going to have all of those things. Let's talk about that. It's like, get off my ovaries, okay? I'll do it in time."