Alessia Cara Quotes
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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'm a fan of real singers. I just gravitate towards that.
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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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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 feel like I'm in my own head a lot; it just feels amazing, but scary, weird and confusing.
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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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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 feel New York is too crazy for me, especially when you go to Times Square.
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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 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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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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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'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 am stubborn enough to know not to change myself.
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I was a very strange child.
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I just want to keep my normal life for as long as possible.
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Realize that everyone that you think is perfect feels like they're not good enough, 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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I don't really dance. I don't drink or smoke. Being at parties is very awkward.
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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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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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This industry kind of forces you to grow up very quickly.
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That's all I ever wanted to do: put out music from the heart that people could relate to.