Quotes from Lauren Jauregui

It's hard to accept yourself when you live in a world where nobody is like you, or you feel like nobody is like you because there's no representation.

I love Celia Cruz - she was also a huge part of my childhood. She's an iconic woman.

We want to just make music that impacts people - we don't really care about the rest.

I rekindled a friendship I hadn't had in a long time, and I was reminded of all the parts of me that had left. I was like, 'Wow, I love to paint and to write and to be outside.'

I feel like, especially being around other girls, it's really easy to start picking yourself apart and being like, 'Wow, she looks better than me.'

What I would tell everyone is don't lose your sense of individuality.

It's cool to be able to give each other that space to really explore ourselves individually and grow.

A bunch of my fans have come up to me and said, 'Because of you, and because you came out, I have finally begun to accept myself.' That is infinitely incredible for me. I didn't expect to get to the point where I would own up to it within myself.

I do feel like the blogs that I follow share an aesthetic and draw a lot from '90s influences.

I like the ability to engage intellectually with someone. I get so bored so quickly, so if you can't keep me interested, then I'm out.

When someone like me, who is in the entertainment industry, which is a huge falsity of its own, tries to talk outwardly about politics, especially as a woman, I receive a lot of 'Shut up - just sing and dance for us, you idiot.'

Societies have been conditioned to believe that entertainers are just that, but I refuse to be put into the box of a puppet.

When we auditioned for 'The X Factor,' we were five individuals going into the show. That obviously means we are five solo artists in our beings, so we have our own creative ideas, of what sounds the best music-wise, because we are all artists.

We're learning the business, meeting people we need to know, getting knowledgeable about our craft.

I feel like all four of us are really powerful in our messages, what we speak about, and what we are about.

Growing up in Miami, being Cuban is integrated into our culture. When we greet anyone, we give them a kiss on the cheek.

I'm everywhere; I'm just a soul that's floating around here on earth.

Every time somebody asks me, 'Oh, when you mix your own music, what are you going to make?' And I don't know.

We're not all thin model types, and we're not all perfectly colored. It mind-boggles me that somebody would take time out of their life to make someone feel inferior because of something like that. That, to me, is insane.

Amandla Stenberg is so powerful in her energy and what she speaks about and what she projects. I think it's incredible.

My theory is the spectrum: there's a spectrum of sexuality.

When you see stuff that's wrong... it's just wrong, man. You gotta point that out.

I love every time that I get to be on a stage with Halsey. She's so incredible.

It's truly disheartening to me to see so many beautiful women who have no idea what their potential is.