"I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going"
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“I know where I’m from” reads like a preemptive strike against the machinery that can flatten artists into brands. Dion is a Quebecois singer who became a global, English-language megastar; that kind of crossover invites questions about authenticity, reinvention, even assimilation. The line insists she hasn’t been rewritten by the industry, even if she’s been translated by it. The kitchen table is a passport stamp: proof of continuity.
“I know exactly where I’m going” is the more interesting half because it’s almost aggressively certain, the opposite of the tortured-artist narrative. It signals control in a career built on maximal emotion. Dion sells heartbreak and grandeur, but here she’s selling direction: the idea that behind the big voice is a mapped-out life, a woman who treats destiny less as fate than as itinerary. The subtext is simple and savvy: you can watch me soar, but don’t mistake lift for drift.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Dion, Celine. (2026, January 16). I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-started-at-5-years-old-in-the-kitchen-table-121811/
Chicago Style
Dion, Celine. "I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-started-at-5-years-old-in-the-kitchen-table-121811/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-started-at-5-years-old-in-the-kitchen-table-121811/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.




