Alessia Cara Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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When I was shopping around trying to get signed, I made it a point to say, 'This is who I am.' I dress the way I normally dress, and I just wanted to find a label that would accept me for that.
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Everywhere I go, every city, they're always like, 'What's in the water in Canada? What's in the water in Toronto?'
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I'm unpolished, I guess.
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Success is when you see something, and you say, 'I want to do that,' and then you do it. It's being happy with what you do and doing what you love every day.
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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 just want to keep my normal life for as long as possible.
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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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My house was very strange. I didn't do things other kids did because my parents were very strict - I stayed at home, quiet in my room.
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I think the world is very closed-minded sometimes and very dated. We need to start opening our minds.
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Singing was something I always did. I really don't remember a time when I wasn't singing, even as a little child.
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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.
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I see songs in colors; I see days of the week. Each day of the week I relate to a gender, and it's very weird. I can taste words sometimes. It's very strange.
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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 was always singing around the house, even when I was two years old.
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I am stubborn enough to know not to change myself.
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I was always so scared to sing in front of people. That was kind of my weird thing.
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I just try to tell my stories in a way that is still light-hearted and fun to listen to. I'm not trying to bash you over the head with what I have to say.
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You don't always have to be popular and do things everyone else is doing.