Quotes from Lauren Jauregui

I am proud to be the granddaughter and daughter of immigrants who were brave enough to leave their homes and come to a whole new world with a different language and culture and immerse themselves fearlessly to start a better life for themselves and their families.

I like to dress in edgy black leather and denim, but I like a wide range of things.

Even the fact that I labelled myself makes me mad sometimes, because dude, I'm just a free spirit.

They sell you this present of rainbows and butterflies, and as a 16-year-old, that's what I bought. It's why I did 'X Factor' and why I ended up in a group. But then you're working so hard, so young.

You can't help it as a human being when you're put under so much scrutiny by multiple people, not even just one person in real life, telling you something. It harms you.

I've always had this sense of justice - I get that from my mom, for sure. When you see stuff that's wrong, it's just wrong, man. You gotta point that out.

When I was in fifth grade, I got bullied really nastily about my appearance.

My grandparents and my mom came from Cuba back in the '60s because they were fleeing from communism and Castro. I wouldn't be here otherwise.

We definitely work hard, and we want to keep our fans engaged... we want to give them new music.

We are screaming battle cries against those whose political and personal agendas threaten our lives and sanity.

We have an energy about us that's so unique and so intense, and it's because of how much power we have in us as individuals, being confident, harnessing that power, and wanting to share that with other women.

When you really break it down to the way the world works, we're all little humans floating on a gas ball in the middle of space. That's the reality of our situation. And we've created these concepts and constructs that move us away from that.

Honestly, like, I fall in love with souls, and I don't really even see anything but that, to be honest.

This country was built and continues to survive off the backs of immigrants and refugees.

Who you love shouldn't describe who you are..And who you love is your choice.

For me as an artist, pop culture has so much power and influences society on a regular basis - I see it in the kids; I see it in everyone that I encounter. Everyone is influenced by pop culture whether we want to be or not.

Doing something that is your passion, in my case related to music and art, being a performer playing shows around the world, that is a dream come true.

For me, honesty is a huge thing, and loyalty, when it comes to relationships.

Don't lose your love for yourself and how much you've grown and how far you've come.

I love music; I love performance. I love everything revolving around art. But I also am really passionate about politics and human rights and science and the environment. Those are things that fascinate me.

I've always been passionate about human rights in general. I think anyone who knows me can attest to that.

I went to a high school that taught me to be more worldly. The whole curriculum was very globally based. We learned a lot about other cultures and reflected on them.

We had so many of our fans tell us how worthless they felt before they found out about us and watched our interviews and listened to our music.

We've digressed from the true meaning of life. We have replaced the Creator with money and claim Him in the name of war. We have dishonored our children.