Alessia Cara Quotes
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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'm a fan of real singers. I just gravitate towards that.
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When I was eight, I told my best friend I got a Hilary Duff autograph, but I just signed it myself.
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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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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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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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I was a very strange child.
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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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Once you put songs out, they're not yours anymore. They're everyone else's.
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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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That's all I ever wanted to do: put out music from the heart that people could relate to.
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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 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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I don't put the focus on things that don't matter.
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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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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 wear a lot of makeup ever, even when I do interviews or when I'm on TV. I just keep it me, and I think it's important to show people I'm a regular person and regular people are beautiful, too.
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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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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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You can do anything and be a star. You can dress like however you want, and you can do whatever you want. If you wanna wear meat suits like Lady Gaga, good. She's freaking amazing! She's doing that, and she's unbelievable. I can wear T-shirts and still be great, too. So that's just what I'm proving to people.
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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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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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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.