Alessia Cara Quotes
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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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Music was something I found on my own. I got my first guitar when I was around 10, and it just all developed over time.
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I don't really dance. I don't drink or smoke. Being at parties is very awkward.
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I was a very strange child.
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I barely have time to think. But the best way to stay grounded is to take it one day at a time.
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Once you put songs out, they're not yours anymore. They're everyone else's.
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This industry kind of forces you to grow up very quickly.
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I guess people don't think that young girls or young artists have opinions, but I'm so glad that there's artists like Lorde and Raury and Kehlani because they're showing other people that young people can have an opinion and a voice and do really well with it. I'm glad I can be one of those people.
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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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I just want to keep my normal life for as long as possible.
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Maybe I'm not a typical pop star, but I don't think there's a mould for a pop star or singer. You can do whatever you want.
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When I was really young, I was convinced I wanted to be a visual artist. I would paint and draw and make crafts.
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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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I think fame is such a scary thing, and it's something I can never understand. It's terrifying, but it's the only way I get to do what I love every day, you know?
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In second grade, I told a bunch of kids there was a homeless person living between the portable classrooms outside our school. It caused panic, and the principal had to announce on the P.A. system that no one was living there. I pretended I didn't know who started the rumor.
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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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I don't want to have one hit, one song of the summer, and then have me disappear forever. I really want my things to last, and I want my songs and my bodies of work to resonate with people. I want to hit people - at least make a dent in them. I want to make a mark somehow.
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I always told myself that if I was going to be given a voice, I might as well say something worth listening to and not something that's just going to feed people stupidity.
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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 feel New York is too crazy for me, especially when you go to Times Square.
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I think we all have the right to feel 100 percent beautiful and 100 percent confident without pleasing anybody 'cause we're not here for anybody else.
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Frank Ocean would be incredible; I'd love to be a sponge and absorb everything he says. Every song he puts out, I'm like, 'Why didn't I think of this?'
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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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Having a mom as a hairdresser was really awesome: I was always her test dummy. I've had every style, every color you could imagine.