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Alessia Cara

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 11, 1996

Often, as teens, we think we know everything, but actually we're just trying to figure life out, and we don't know much at all.

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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 think all teenagers feel a lot of things at once; everything's going crazy in our brain.

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

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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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I never thought I'd have a career because of YouTube.

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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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As a female and someone who's young, I'm still coming into my own, and I still have struggles. I know how I look; I know what my flaws are - I don't need anybody to tell me that.

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I don't want to be cliched, but Buckingham Palace is beautiful, and the old red telephone booths are really interesting to me. I've always wanted to see those.

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I feel like my whole life, I've had to prove myself to so many people because I'm young and because I'm a female; it's just constant. I'm always surprising people.

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When I was really young, I was convinced I wanted to be a visual artist. I would paint and draw and make crafts.

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As a young girl, I'm always going to have to work a bit harder to prove myself; that's just reality. But having to work harder makes me feel like girls are stronger, too.

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YouTube is my first love.

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Canada is a really big melting pot of cultures, so we ended up with a giant mosaic of different music.

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I keep my hair curly and natural because I really just wanna show who I am.

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That's all I ever wanted to do: put out music from the heart that people could relate to.

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I love experimenting with clothes for photo shoots, but when I'm onstage, I want to show people that there are other options. You can just be yourself and still make good music.

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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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'Looking For Alaska' by John Green is a very great book. I feel like every teenage girl says John Green's 'Fault In Our Stars,' but 'Looking For Alaska' is better.

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If Ed Sheeran covered my songs, I would die. That would be unbelievable.

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