Singer Katy Perry has plans to have children even if she doesn't meeet "the right man" because she feels a woman doesn't need a man to have babies.

However, the singer, who is currently dating disc jockey Diplo after splitting from singer John Mayer, is not considering motherhood right now, reports mirror.co.uk.

The 29-year-old star said: "I don't need a dude. It's 2014! We are living in the future; we don't need anything. I don't think I'll have to, but we'll see. I'm not anti-men. I love men. But there is an option if someone doesn't present himself."

Perry's older sister, Angela Hudson, welcomed her first child into the world in February and it made the singer realise she still isn't ready for motherhood.

She said: "I see that my sister is completely devoted to her kid, 24 hours a day. And so far, the little girl is so alert, so aware, so conscious, so beautiful, so happy, and I want to be doing that in the right time, and that's not in the next two years, you know!"

"Maybe it's in a five-year plan, but I need to really be able to focus 100 percent of my attention on it. I don't really want to take the child on tour. Not until, like, birth through five is over...."