Alessia Cara

I always get criticized for my clothing because I like wearing jeans and T-shirts. There's nothing wrong with dressing sexy. It's just I don't want to be anything that I'm not. I'm not here to be a fashion icon. I am here to make songs. ”

I want to show people that I am comfortable enough to go on national television and just be myself. ”

I wasn't even popular at school. ”

I always did music privately as a hobby, I think partly because I was nervous to do it in front of other people. ”

Talent is talent, but fashion is separate, and it shouldn't be used to judge me as a singer. ”

It took me a while to really believe in myself or feel determined about it, but then once I realized that it's possible for anyone, and these people who are singers started off very normal... I realized that it was not that hard to do. ”

All I'm really good at is making music and singing and doing this. I'm not good at fashion, so I don't see a point in trying to be good at that. ”

When I was eight, I told my best friend I got a Hilary Duff autograph, but I just signed it myself. ”

I don't really dance. I don't drink or smoke. Being at parties is very awkward. ”

I've never really aspired to the spotlight; I just wanted to do music, which is kind of weird because music comes with that spotlight. ”