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.

- Alessia Cara

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.

- Alessia Cara

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.

- Alessia Cara

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

- 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.

- Alessia Cara

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

- Alessia Cara

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 D'Alessio, Tiziano Ferro, Laura Pausini.

- Alessia Cara

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

- Alessia Cara

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.

- Alessia Cara

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.

- Alessia Cara