Quotes by Alessia Cara

“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.”

“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.”

“It's amazing: it's so cool being from Brampton, Ontario, and being able to travel the world and being embraced by so many countries.”

“It's so cool though when I see thirty-year-old men that are coming in to watch my shows. It's like, 'You really like my music? Like a teenage girl, you relate to it?' It just proves how much people...”

“'Wild Things' is saying, 'I don't have to belong anywhere. This is where I belong.' It's a place in the back of my mind that I created, and it's cool, and I love it here.”

“The definition of being a feminist is equality, and if you're not a feminist at this point, then what are you really promoting?”

“I feel like I'm in my own head a lot; it just feels amazing, but scary, weird and confusing.”

“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...”

“It's important to show that there's different ways of doing things. Some people like to be glamorous, and that's perfectly fine, and that's amazing. If I were that style, then I would do that. I'd ...”

“I've never hosted a party in my life, not even my own birthday party. I'd feel really uncomfortable saying, 'Hey everybody, let's celebrate me!' But I'm not antisocial. I don't hate people.”

“I first picked up a guitar when I was ten years old; my parents surprised me with it for my tenth birthday. I started taking lessons when I was thirteen, but only for a few months, and then I just ...”

“It's good to have a reminder that we can love ourselves and be beautiful even though we don't really fit into certain standards of what beauty may be.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I'm really in touch with my Italian roots. My mom's whole side of the family is there.”

“As a kid, my parents would always listen to a lot of Beatles, Queen, Elvis. My mom was born and raised in Italy, and my dad was born in Canada and moved back and forth between Canada and Italy, so ...”

“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...”

“I didn't start writing songs, honestly, until I started making my album. I was always doing poetry, but I never thought I could write songs. I discouraged myself and thought it was so hard. But sta...”

“I'm not a fitness model; I'm just a singer. If people focus on that, that's what I care about.”

“[A] paper sailboat: They seem so frail, but when you put them on water they float. It's a reminder that even though I'm small and seem weak, I'm not.”