It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react. Alessia Cara More Quotes by Alessia Cara More Quotes From Alessia Cara I am stubborn enough to know not to change myself. Alessia Cara i-am myself know change Flannel shirts, denim, Converse, a guitar, messy hair? That's literally me. Alessia Cara me messy guitar hair I feel like I'm in my own head a lot; it just feels amazing, but scary, weird and confusing. Alessia Cara weird amazing feel my-own Realize that everyone that you think is perfect feels like they're not good enough, too. Alessia Cara good think you not-good-enough I'm definitely not a supermodel, a thousand per cent. Alessia Cara per definitely supermodel thousand I want 'Scars to Your Beautiful' to reach different types of women. The girl I am talking about, it's me, it's you - it's every girl who has struggled with feeling not good enough. I want to talk about all the different extremes that girls go through to feel beautiful. Alessia Cara good me women beautiful We should just know that we can all create this special, safe place within ourselves that we can feel comfortable in and that doesn't necessarily have to be with other people. Alessia Cara feel place know people Body image is something that girls struggle with every day, and it's something that I struggle with every day. Alessia Cara every-day day body struggle As a young girl, I'm always going to have to work a bit harder to prove myself; that's just reality. But having to work harder makes me feel like girls are stronger, too. Alessia Cara myself me girl work I've never hosted a party in my life, not even my own birthday party. I'd feel really uncomfortable saying, 'Hey everybody, let's celebrate me!' But I'm not antisocial. I don't hate people. Alessia Cara my-life me birthday life I think the world is very closed-minded sometimes and very dated. We need to start opening our minds. Alessia Cara start think sometimes world I've never been one to crave attention, which I know means that this is probably the worst career to pick. I get anxious even when people come up to me for pictures sometimes. That's the one thing that makes me hesitant about my future. But I love music too much to not do it. Alessia Cara me future music love 'Wild Things' is saying, 'I don't have to belong anywhere. This is where I belong.' It's a place in the back of my mind that I created, and it's cool, and I love it here. Alessia Cara place cool mind love Success is when you see something, and you say, 'I want to do that,' and then you do it. It's being happy with what you do and doing what you love every day. Alessia Cara day you success love I never really necessarily liked being quiet. Alessia Cara really never being quiet There's something so beautiful in a woman who loves her body and is confident. Alessia Cara confident woman body beautiful You don't always have to be popular and do things everyone else is doing. Alessia Cara everyone doing you always I don't want to be cliched, but Buckingham Palace is beautiful, and the old red telephone booths are really interesting to me. I've always wanted to see those. Alessia Cara see me red beautiful Ninety per cent of my family are hairdressers, and the other 10% are construction workers. Alessia Cara other construction workers family Music was something I found on my own. I got my first guitar when I was around 10, and it just all developed over time. Alessia Cara my-own guitar music time