Kiesza quotes:

Life experience brings out different emotions and different perspectives on things. I just want to be constantly evolving.

I was a weird teenager. My mother was actually worried because I didn't have any interest in dating in my teenage years. I had all this desire to pursue my passions like ballet, then sailing, then music, so I didn't have any emptiness to fill.

You cannot teach a person how to write songs. It's about being your own person and following your instincts.

I love Canadians. I think we make an impact around the world just when people meet us, and whenever I meet another Canadian, I see it as well.

I loved the bootcamp and the training. It was the actual Navy and the structure after it that I realized wasn't for me because they're building soldiers. It's a system, and you can't really stick out; you can't be the oddball out in the military.

In the Navy, the path is paved for you. Your job is to be a soldier and fit in. As long as you stick to your place, it's actually really easy.

Oh man, the Vengaboys are my guilty pleasure.

When I'm on a plane, I am the annoying person humming into my phone. Sitting there static with nothing to do, a lot of melodies come to me. So I've written a lot of songs on planes.

When I started writing music on the guitar, it started off very folky because of my limited ability to play. It was slow, soft melodies. But then, as I got better on the guitar, I started exploring different sounds.

You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear.

I tend to obsess over my passions.

I'm very naturally happy, quirky and positive.

I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very short time; I was in a cover band, a jazz band, a blues band. I was in a gospel choir.

Beauty has so many forms, and I think the most beautiful thing is confidence and loving yourself.

I feel like, when you turn on the radio and you hear a great song, you know it's a great song, and you sing along. We all know what a great song sounds like, so we all have that instinct, it's just being able to accept your own instincts when you write that song.

I wear crop tops and stuff, but I genuinely like that style, so it's just has to be genuine. Once you start getting to that world where you're using sexuality to try to propel something, you're losing the moment. You've lost; people are not focusing on that anymore.

To be honest, I'm more of a sneaker person. My legs hurt if I wear heels for too long.

A lot of people preach and talk, but I think the only way to preach is to actually do things.

When something really grabs me, I dive into it.

It's hard to dance to really fast music. All you can do is pump your fist to it, and after a while, you're going to have a seizure.

I was a ballerina for a good 12 years. When I was 15 I had to stop. It wasn't a choice, it was an injury that prevented me from going forward in ballet unfortunately. Well, fortunately because I wouldn't be doing what I am doing now if that had not happened.

I didn't want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that's wrong, but I felt like I had what it took. I really believed I could do it on my own, so I wanted to try, at least.

For a while I was a completely unknown artist with no fan base and no draw in the clubs. The only people that would give me a shot were the gay clubs. Gay clubs were so open to me coming in and trying things out.

I definitely wouldn't be the performer I am today if the gay audience had not been so supportive of me as a complete unknown.

You might get a "no" a hundred times but you might get "yes" one time. That one "yes" will take you on a new path!