Alessia Cara

Alessia Caracciolo (born 11 July 1996), known professionally as Alessia Cara, is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Ontario, Canada.

There's a wild thing that exists in all of us. It lives in our passions, in the people we love, in our subconscious thoughts, our beliefs. It's even made a home in the darkest parts of us, but we can't be scared of it, we have to become it.

Quotes

I want to be remembered as a person who, or as an artist who provided comfort for people.

• [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.
  • As quoted in "Alessia Cara Is the Life of the Party - Whether She Likes It or Not" (28 August 2015), by Chris Martins, Billboard

• To me "where the wild things are" is a place that exists in our minds; it's a place of liberty and shamelessness. It can take a split second or a lifetime to find it, but once you do, you'll be free.
  • As quoted in "Video: Alessia Cara – 'Wild Things'" (7 March 2016), Rap-Up

• There's a wild thing that exists in all of us. It lives in our passions, in the people we love, in our subconscious thoughts, our beliefs. It's even made a home in the darkest parts of us, but we can't be scared of it, we have to become it.
  • As quoted in "Video: Alessia Cara – 'Wild Things'" (7 March 2016), Rap-Up

• I want to be remembered as a person who, or as an artist who provided comfort for people.
  • Interview with Universal Music Korea (October 2018)

• I think music is like my only talent, unfortunately. I just utilized it as much as possible.
  • Interview with Universal Music Korea (October 2018)

• I think if you're meant to do something, no matter what, you'll always get there and I think you'll find your path, no matter what.
  • Interview with Universal Music Korea (October 2018)

Know-It-All (2015)

• My daddy says that life comes at you fast, we are like blades of grass: We come to prime and in time we wither away.
  • "Seventeen", Know-It-All (2015), New York: Def Jam Recordings

• We will leave the empty chairs to those who say we can't sit there; we're fine all by ourselves.
  • "Wild Things", Know-It-All (2015), New York: Def Jam Recordings

Quotes about Cara

• You belong here.
  • Jimmy Fallon, as quoted in "Alessia Cara Is the Life of the Party - Whether She Likes It or Not" (28 August 2015), by Chris Martins, Billboard

External links

• Official website
• Alessia Cara at Def Jam Recordings