Quotes from Tate McRae

It felt like dancing was my only way of expressing myself until I got into writing, and then I realized that there were two sides of my brain that I needed to work all the time.

I traveled so much as a child. When I was four, we moved to the Oman in the Middle East. We lived there for three years and I got to explore Oman, as well as many places around there.

Obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian because there's a lot of crazy cool artists that come out of Canada. It's always been my home ground, even if I'm traveling around the world dancing or singing or in L.A. all the time. But Alberta doesn't really have a music industry.

I love Christmas. It is my favorite holiday of the year. I love being somewhere cold at Christmas so that there is snow.

I have to juggle school, dance training every night, work-outs and all the writing sessions.

Since I danced really intensely, singing was more just something that I enjoyed.

Yeah, I started on YouTube. I posted videos every Friday and wrote new songs every week. Back then, I was in a very vulnerable place with all my fans. Now in a pandemic, it feels like I'm going back to my roots and playing on my OG piano that I played when I first started.

I put the most pressure on myself. I'm so critical and I think that's a hard mentality to live with. You're not really satisfied with anything you do.

I am obsessed with turquoise water, waterfalls, swimming holes... Wherever I am, there has to be lots to do, though, because I am not good at sitting around. I do not enjoy sun-tanning or sitting and always need to be going somewhere or exploring!

My idea of my music is constantly changing so I feel like how other people react to my old songs just ends up putting more pressure on myself from my own perspective.

My favorite way to get into the songwriting process is to get into the studio, and then usually, they play a loop of four chords, or something, or guitar, and then I just start singing.

I would love a career on Broadway. It's always been my dream ever since I was a little girl and some of my biggest idols are on Broadway right now, like Melanie Moore and Ricky Ubeda.

I just kind of transitioned right out of the dance world into the music industry. I started writing and I just fell in love with the whole process.

New York City is so big with all the lights and the people and it just makes me feel like I'm living in a dream when I'm there.

Usually I'll be with my friends and I'll observe everything, and grab emotions from that to write my songs.

I like to try to analyse structures of different albums and see what kind mine might be similar to.