Alessia Cara Quotes
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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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If Ed Sheeran covered my songs, I would die. That would be unbelievable.
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I'm not a fitness model; I'm just a singer. If people focus on that, that's what I care about.
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I feel New York is too crazy for me, especially when you go to Times Square.
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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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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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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 always did music privately as a hobby, I think partly because I was nervous to do it in front of other people.
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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 just want to keep my normal life for as long as possible.
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I'm not extremely outgoing, but I'm average, I think. When people meet me they'll say, 'Oh you're not that shy...' I never said I was! I see where they're coming from because my biggest single was about being shy at a party - I get it. But it's not 100% accurate.
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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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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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I was a very strange child.
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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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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.
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That's all I ever wanted to do: put out music from the heart that people could relate to.
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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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I was always told that music isn't a 'realistic' path to take, and like a normal human being, I doubted myself over and over because I was afraid of failure.
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We should just know that we can all create this special, safe place within ourselves that we can feel comfortable in and that doesn't necessarily have to be with other people.
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Once you put songs out, they're not yours anymore. They're everyone else's.
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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 loved the Black Eyed Peas. I was obsessed with them, and they were my favorite group ever, and Amy Winehouse, as well; I love her.
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For some reason, I'm constantly attacked on social media in terms of how I dress. I've never understood that. That's been very hard.