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 all allow each other to explore our individual things that make us happy, and so we're just being supportive of each other and making sure we focus on Fifth Harmony, and what's important to the group is important to all five of us.

I just don't feel limited by genre.

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

I really, genuinely don't look at my schedule too often, because when I do, I get a little overwhelmed by how much is going on.

As an artist, I don't care about where we are in the charts and all that. The important thing to me is to connect with a creative project.

I think that until we're 21, human beings don't get to know themselves very much.

I feel like art has been at the center of change since the beginning of time.

If you connect with an artist because of what they make as a body of work, you feel like they're your friend. You feel like you're on the journey of connection with them because they see the world the same way you do. That's so powerful, and if you use that, you can genuinely change minds.

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

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

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.

Some of our songs are empowering, but I feel like more so than our music, it's who we are. We're four women who are completely different ethnicities, completely different body types, completely different walks of life and opinions.

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.'

We like that when girls look at us, they don't see perfect little blond-haired, blue-eyed Barbie dolls.

I have a lot of people in my life who support me.

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

I'm so proud of my girl Kehlani. She and SZA are killing it.

I want to give the girls who admire us everything I can. I don't want to just fill them with selfies and crap. That's not what I'm about. I'm about, 'Be aware of the world and that you're not the only one in it.'

A lot of people talk, but they don't say anything. And people listen, and they don't absorb anything of substance.

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

That messed me up, growing up in the public eye when I was a teenager. That's when everyone is trying to find themselves.

There's this notion that artists are supposed to be dumb and frivolous. I completely disagree with that.

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.

I'm marching for women; I'm marching for the LGBT community. I'm marching for immigrants. I happen to fall into all three categories, so I'm marching for myself at the end of the day and for my family and my friends. And for whoever else deserves it.

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.

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

We're all really passionate, and we voice it in our own way, and we all come from a loving place and see from the same perspective, which is why I feel so blessed to be part of this group.

There's straight people, and there's super gay people, and then there's everybody in between, and everybody is a little bit of something because sexuality is fluid.

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

I think Ed Sheeran would be a great collaboration.

It's amazing the support we've been able to get from Latinos and just in general from everyone.

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

I'm actually a huge fan of changing every single 'anti-Trump' sentiment to 'pro-human rights' because they are synonymous.

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

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

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

I don't know if anyone should do anything that's not authentic to them.

We all like to believe we are completely self-sufficient, but at the end of it all, we're all searching for a human connection, something to make it all feel a bit more worthwhile.

Objectification, whatever its form, is not something anyone should have to 'just deal with.'

Growing up in Scotland and living in Glasgow, you see the heritage that religion has had and how something that, in theory, is about kindness and community and caring for each other is used to persecute people.

I did my dissertation on the idea of femininity and women's writing, so I spent eight months reading about how women are portrayed in the media in terms of images and tone of voice and what words are used.

Moving from a first to a second album is an incredibly transitional time for any band because you never get to make one in a vacuum like you did with your debut.

I identify as a feminist but subscribe to the pretty basic definition of a feminist as 'someone who seeks equality between the sexes.'

Is the casual objectification of women so commonplace that we should all just suck it up, roll over, and accept defeat? I hope not.

I've always worked in cinemas or cafes to make money because it turns out freelance journalism is quite hard to get into.

People say Taylor Swift's not feminist enough or Beyonce's not feminist enough, but there are 12-year-old girls going to their shows and taking an awesome message.

When I'm writing, it's because I'm trying to figure something out for myself. If I don't believe in what I've written, then how can I expect anyone else to believe in that, either?

Pretty much everybody we know in Glasgow who's in a band has another job. All of us have worked in bars, cafes, or cinemas. It means you can afford to do the thing you love.

I never wanted to write really cheesy pop lyrics - like, 'baby, baby, the sun is shining' - that's not something that interests me personally. I'm always wanting to write something that has some kind of meaning.