Alessia Cara Quotes
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Flannel shirts, denim, Converse, a guitar, messy hair? That's literally me.
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I've never really aspired to the spotlight; I just wanted to do music, which is kind of weird because music comes with that spotlight.
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YouTube is my first love.
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I wasn't even popular at school.
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My family is from the south of Italy in this little place called Calabria. It's a big part of my family, the Italian culture. I grew up around it. My parents speak Italian, and I speak Italian.
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I just dress how I wanna dress. Not to say that I don't care about how I dress or that I'm a slob or anything like that... I just don't have to worry about the outside opinions of what people are saying.
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I always find power in struggles. You end up a lot happier that way.
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As long as each song makes somebody feel something, I think that's the point of it all. I don't want it to just be background music, you know?
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I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.
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Both my parents are Italian. My mom was born and raised in Italy. My dad was born in Canada, but then they moved to Italy.
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I never really necessarily liked being quiet.
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I had a fairly regular childhood. I was a pretty boring kid. I didn't do much. I was always thinking, but I didn't really say a lot.
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The biggest critics are in the comments online. People are so judgmental of me. It's like, 'Why is she wearing this?' or 'Why isn't she wearing that?' or 'Why does she talk like that?' That's the worst because they're judging for no reason.
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Body image is something that girls struggle with every day, and it's something that I struggle with every day.
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Ninety per cent of my family are hairdressers, and the other 10% are construction workers.
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I wanted to get through high school anonymously.
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I don't know how to talk to people I don't know.
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Every time I sing, it it's a reminder to myself that I have to be confident.
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The definition of being a feminist is equality, and if you're not a feminist at this point, then what are you really promoting?
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I'm definitely not a supermodel, a thousand per cent.
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I would love to host 'Saturday Night Live.' That's one of my goals in life - just putting that out there. I don't know if I'm funny enough, but we'll see.
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Often, as teens, we think we know everything, but actually we're just trying to figure life out, and we don't know much at all.
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Talent is talent, but fashion is separate, and it shouldn't be used to judge me as a singer.
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As a young girl, I'm always going to have to work a bit harder to prove myself; that's just reality. But having to work harder makes me feel like girls are stronger, too.