Alessia Cara Quotes
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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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If Ed Sheeran covered my songs, I would die. That would be unbelievable.
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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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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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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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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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I feel like I'm in my own head a lot; it just feels amazing, but scary, weird and confusing.
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I always get criticized for my clothing because I like wearing jeans and T-shirts. There's nothing wrong with dressing sexy. It's just I don't want to be anything that I'm not. I'm not here to be a fashion icon. I am here to make songs.
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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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I feel New York is too crazy for me, especially when you go to Times Square.
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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'm a fan of real singers. I just gravitate towards that.
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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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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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When I write, I like squeezing as many words as possible into each bar - I've listened to the Fugees and Lauryn Hill for as long as I can remember, so probably a big chunk of it subconsciously comes from that.
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I am stubborn enough to know not to change myself.
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I just want to keep my normal life for as long as possible.
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I don't think a lot of artists have the freedom that I have when it comes to dressing in general.
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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 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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I was a very strange child.
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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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Realize that everyone that you think is perfect feels like they're not good enough, too.
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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.