Top 77 Quotes & Sayings by Saara Aalto

I think for me 'X Factor' was the hardest thing I've ever done.

I was scared to be myself because I love to be flamboyant.

I grew up in Finland, so it's cold in Finland, we have ice rinks outdoors.

Compared to professional dancers, I'm obviously not professional but I do love to dance so much.

It's like going back to 'X Factor' but it's even bigger because Eurovision has so many more viewers.

We want it to be sunny. Something small and intimate because my work is so public. That would be good for me, but my partner wants to have a big wedding.

The atmosphere in Britain is so supportive. People are so friendly and positive. I feel accepted here.

I think it's mainly the language barrier and the cultural barrier, but of course also my songs, they have been very serious and melancholic, and so maybe people need to see more of my bubbly side and my personality.

I can be very competitive, but I mainly want to challenge myself.

Everyone always told me I had a J-Lo bum. Since I was 15 it's always been like that.

I think you should have some more lesbian women out here on the British TV!

This song is by Bjork called 'Oh So Quiet' and it's really different. I'll be screaming and just having fun on stage. It's really, really different but I'm very excited to do that number.

When people come to my gigs, they feel accepted as they are and they feel part of this family.

I can be a bit serious because I'm always focused on my work, but when Meri's around I feel so relaxed. My body and soul are like, 'Ah, OK, everything is fine.' I know I am meant to be with her. It feels right.

I'm now working with some of the best songwriters in the world and Sia has written a song that has been given to me. Oh my God, it's just insane.

It has always been my dream to do Eurovision since I was a child.

I have my values and I always stick with them.

I've always had a big bum.

Finish people have not been very successful at all. We are not doing very well in sport. We are outsiders in the world.

Posh was my favorite Spice Girl but she didn't have that many lines to sing.

I think we should have Eurovision every week. It's a really beautiful event, and it's very deep.

I love that music will bring people together, because the world is full of negativity.

I'm of course jumping right in with the attitude that I can win the Eurovision Song Contest - or at least finish in second place!

'The X Factor' has brought so much joy to so many people.

But when you grow, you get older and I realized that I would prefer being with a girl.

Feelings don't lie.

The world is full of negativity and scary news, terrible things happening. And then we have Eurovision, which is like the whole of Europe and the whole world just comes together, and celebrates love and everybody supports everybody.

They haven't had 'The X Factor' in Finland for ten years. But because I was on it and it was such a hit, they decided to bring it back and have me as a judge.

In music, you can't really tell who's better.

It's always been my dream to sing for Simon Cowell, plus I wanted to get out of Finland.

All the experience from 'X Factor' U.K. I can use that - I know what I'm doing on a big stage.

There should be more LGBT people on TV.

I will never risk my wellbeing for my career and it's always worked out well for me and led me to the right places.

I think it's a crime to prevent love from happening.

I was a judge on Finnish 'X Factor.' My girl won. So basically I'm quite successful as a judge.

It's very Finnish to think you can't make it outside Finland.

I was on 'X Factor' the day after the Brexit vote. People voted for Brexit. But the public also voted for me, they wanted me to be there and part of the music industry. I haven't felt any bad effects.

So many months in the 'X Factor' house and sharing my room with five other girls was tough.

I don't want to sing about going to a party with friends, I want to sing meaningful songs that can inspire people and I think Sia's songs are really deep. 'Chandelier' is about young girls who think they have to please others to be loved and that really touched me.

When I release my music I will text Sharon Osborne and ask her about my songs.

There are not actually many people in Finland who are openly gay together, let alone two women.

Finland is dark and grey, but I'm a very happy, colorful, positive person - and I feel like Eurovision is all about that.

It took a while to get the support of British people as they wouldn't naturally want to support someone from another country.

I think Honey G is a brand, she's an inspiration for me at least.

I was thinking, could I be the sixth Spice Girl?

I was in 'The Voice of Finland' in 2012 and my girlfriend - fiancee now - watched the show, liked me a lot and sent me a fan message through Facebook. She wrote, 'I have never, ever sent a message like this to anybody, but I just had this intuition that I have to send this to you.'

I was always the flamboyant one and the one who wanted to be really bubbly and wanted to perform in a big way, but it's not very typical in Finland.

When you train every day your body starts to change. The biggest thing I have noticed is my bum.

I came second in 'The Voice of Finland' in 2012 and my career really exploded at home. I had 300 gigs a year.

I don't want to be difficult personally. On stage is the right place for a diva.

I talked with labels and they wouldn't help with my international career. They said, 'Saara, if you're in Finland you just have to sing in Finnish.' That led to this situation where I felt very lonely. I was really sad and still I was doing gigs all the time. I'd go onstage crying but I was still trying to sing.

I want to do a musical. I want to write a book. I have all these ideas and I can't get away from them.

I'm doing 'Dancing on Ice' and I'm just exhausted.

One small decision, for me to get on a flight from Finland to the U.K. - I had no idea how that one small thing could just change my whole life forever.

When I met the people at Warner, they were very excited about my style and making me into this big theatrical artist.

I describe my own music as epic love pop.

That's been my goal since I was a child and saw the Spice Girls on TV: I was like, I want to wear those fancy outfits and sing my heart out on a big stage.

There were many years when I didn't even know if I wanted to get married. I don't know if I believe in that institution, really.

It's funny, the only song I didn't want to do originally was 'Oh So Quiet.' And it was the best performance and changed the game for me.

I think Sia is a pretty good reference for me because her way of 'singing and the way she composes the melodies and writes the lyrics is very similar to what I've always done.