Perry was raised in a strict evangelical household, and her mother is now writing a tell-all book on how Katy’s success has affected her ministry. “I recognized the psalmist gift in her performance. Yet she sang out, ‘I kissed a girl, and I liked it,’ while thousands joined her. One part of my heart soared … the other part broke for the thousands of hungry souls being fed something that didn’t nourish their spirit, but fed their flesh,” she said.