Alessia Cara Quotes
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Other than the 'Sesame Street' soundtrack, which I was obsessed with, the first artist I really felt I'd discovered on my own was Amy Winehouse. She was the first female artist I wanted to write like and sing like and be like.
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It's not that I don't care how I look, but I'd rather turn the attention to the music as much as possible.
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When you're from an unknown place, I think it's hard for you to believe it's possible. You think you have to go to L.A. or New York to make it, but I don't think that's true. I'm glad to be an example that you can make it from where you are. All you need is talent and hard work.
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Realize that everyone that you think is perfect feels like they're not good enough, too.
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Canada is a really big melting pot of cultures, so we ended up with a giant mosaic of different music.
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I like to mimic accents. I don't even know if that's a talent. That's just a weird thing that I do.
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I'm really in touch with my Italian roots. My mom's whole side of the family is there.
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It's important to show that there's different ways of doing things. Some people like to be glamorous, and that's perfectly fine, and that's amazing. If I were that style, then I would do that. I'd wear heels every day, and I'd strut around in a dress, but that's not me.
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It's good to have a reminder that we can love ourselves and be beautiful even though we don't really fit into certain standards of what beauty may be.
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I'd never make something pointless that I don't believe in. I don't think I could do it.
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If I'm kind of an outsider, it just happened that way, and people responded to it.
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In late elementary school, early high school, I started losing my hair in chunks in the shower. It was one of the scariest things. It got to the point where it was visibly gone.
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I grew up in this little city called Brampton. It's pretty suburban - there's not a lot going on. In my neighbourhood, specifically, there weren't a lot of other kids so I would just spend a lot of time inside.
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I'm just glad that there's some diversity in the music industry with women so people know that you can be literally anything and still be able to make it.
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As a female and someone who's young, I'm still coming into my own, and I still have struggles. I know how I look; I know what my flaws are - I don't need anybody to tell me that.
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We all act like we know everything in life, but nobody really does. That's what I want people to realize. For me, I know that I'm the same person. Nothing has changed. My family and friends know that.
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All I'm really good at is making music and singing and doing this. I'm not good at fashion, so I don't see a point in trying to be good at that.
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I want to show people that I am comfortable enough to go on national television and just be myself.
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Throughout my high school years, I was very quiet, I didn't have many friends. I distanced myself from a lot of people.
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I was one of those weird kids who didn't really speak or smile. I remember my teachers would call home and ask if everything was fine at home because I would never smile. Then I got into this phase, from maybe fourth to eighth grade, where my personality just did a 180.
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If Ed Sheeran covered my songs, I would die. That would be unbelievable.
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It's amazing: it's so cool being from Brampton, Ontario, and being able to travel the world and being embraced by so many countries.
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When you give your all as an artist, and all people can talk about is what pants you're wearing, it's really frustrating.
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This industry kind of forces you to grow up very quickly.