Alessia Cara

Ninety per cent of my family are hairdressers, and the other 10% are construction workers.

I was always so scared to sing in front of people. That was kind of my weird thing.

Singing was something I always did. I really don't remember a time when I wasn't singing, even as a little child.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.