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I am a bit of a hopeless romantic. I really do have a faith and a belief in love, and when I love, I love hard.
Melanie Fiona
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The true essence of fashion is being able to reinvent yourself with what you have.
Melanie Fiona
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I'm a young girl with an old soul. I wanted to fuse the two together, the past and the present.
Melanie Fiona
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It's nice to have some anonymity and still be low key.
Melanie Fiona
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My dad still calls me and makes sure I'm taking my vitamins.
Melanie Fiona
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I live out of my suitcase and I'm happy to do so.
Melanie Fiona
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Once I started performing I knew that's what I wanted to do with my life. But you have to work really hard to be a performer.
Melanie Fiona
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When you're with your family you're with them and when you're working you're doing that. I definitely try to separate the time when I'm working and when I have my personal time.
Melanie Fiona
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Bob Marley is one of the most recognized artists. He didn't care to be defined. People wondered, 'Is it reggae? Is it rock?' But at the end of the day they were still playing his music and that's what matters.
Melanie Fiona
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I've admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist.
Melanie Fiona
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Older audiences are hard to win over. They're very specific in their tastes and critical of new music.
Melanie Fiona
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Toronto is a very multicultural city, a place of immigrants, like my parents.
Melanie Fiona
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West Indian cultural mentality and a North American life equals the perfect balance.
Melanie Fiona
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Whitney Houston's voice was the very first voice I fell in love with. She was the voice that made me want to become a singer.
Melanie Fiona
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I feel like shoes are one of those things that no matter how conservative or how outrageous you get, a good pair of shoes is going to last you a lifetime.
Melanie Fiona
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Canada had the good health-care system and educational system. It was a privilege for me to grow up there.
Melanie Fiona
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I'm a first-generation Canadian.
Melanie Fiona
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Before I could even hold a pen I was singing.
Melanie Fiona
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I always feel like music should be a universal language.
Melanie Fiona
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I consider myself more of an international artist than I do a one-territory artist, which I think is a blessing.
Melanie Fiona
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I love Canada, always.
Melanie Fiona
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I love the freedom to do whatever I want with style and not be put into a box.
Melanie Fiona
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Canada can be tough for urban music.
Melanie Fiona
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I'm a drugstore beauty girl, I love going to the drugstore and buying makeup.
Melanie Fiona
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I rarely buy a shoe that is completely specific to a time and outfit. I generally tend to spend money on good shoes that can go with everything.
Melanie Fiona