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\"Your art is validated by the outside world and that fluctuates. Sometimes you are beloved and then sometimes people are like, 'No, I don't like that, moving on,'\" said Perry, 36. \"The love from your children is constant and unconditional and isn't based on what you have, what you don't have, what career, what product and that's definitely made me feel so full to know that there's this unwavering and unconditional love.\"

The \"American Idol\" judge said she stopped \"bulldozing ahead\" with her music once she thought about what was important to her -- which she discovered was family.

\"It's amazing to have this opportunity to be a businesswoman, but at 34, when I was like, 'Okay, I'm ready,' I'm so glad I made the conscious decision to actually try and do that,\" the singer recalled, noting how thankful she is for not \"disregarding\" motherhood as a fulfilling career.

\"It's been the best thing,\" she shared with a smile.

Kerr and Bloom wed in 2010 and divorced in 2013. They share 10-year-old Flynn.

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