Quotes by Alessia Cara

I was always told that music isnt 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. Its being happy with what you do and doing what you love every day.

Its amazing: its so cool being from Brampton, Ontario, and being able to travel the world and being embraced by so many countries.

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

Wild Things is saying, I dont have to belong anywhere. This is where I belong. Its a place in the back of my mind that I created, and its cool, and I love it here.

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

I feel like Im 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. Shes freaking amazing! Shes doing that, and shes unbelievable. I can wear T-shirts and still be great, too. So thats just what Im proving to people.

Its important to show that theres different ways of doing things. Some people like to be glamorous, and thats perfectly fine, and thats amazing. If I were that style, then I would do that. Id wear heels every day, and Id strut around in a dress, but thats not me.

Ive never hosted a party in my life, not even my own birthday party. Id feel really uncomfortable saying, Hey everybody, lets celebrate me! But Im not antisocial. I dont 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 kept teaching myself.

Its good to have a reminder that we can love ourselves and be beautiful even though we dont 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. Ive 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.

Im really in touch with my Italian roots. My moms 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 they would also listen to all the big Italian stars like Eros Ramazzotti, Gigi DAlessio, Tiziano Ferro, Laura Pausini.

I was one of those weird kids who didnt 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.

I didnt 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 starting this process and learning just what it is to be a songwriter and performer taught me that you dont have to feel discouraged about anything.

Im not a fitness model; Im just a singer. If people focus on that, thats what I care about.