Cristina Saralegui Quotes

Never let anyone silence your voice.

I'm telling you, there is a lot of power in being unapologetic.

I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.

Not an Apology' is a good title, because I speak my mind more than the average teenage girl does, and I don't ever really apologize for having an opinion and using strong words to describe things and talk about how I feel.

I'm proud that I was one of the first ones out, singing loud and proud.

For myself, for a long time... maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn't worth hearing, and I think everyone's voice is worth hearing. So if you've got something to say, say it from the rooftops.

I'm not misunderstood. I am brash. I make my living being brash.

The Scottish are not shy when it comes to expressing themselves.

I don't ever worry about whether I'm being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do.

I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think you have to prepare yourself that not everyone in this world has the same personality... The one thing I've chosen to be great at in my life is singing - so why not be proud that I'm great at it?

I am trying to be a girl who is real and has an opinion. Might say stupid things but not scared of men, and for me that's important.

I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.

I'm a bombshell, so I'm going to do me. If I want to go platinum, I'm going platinum.

I don't care about controversies. I am a young woman with an opinion about certain things. I can't be diplomatic. I am a feminist, and as long as I can be the voice of hundreds of girls out there, I will speak my mind. I don't care what other people think.

Be yourself. Unapologetically.

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.

I used to hold back because people would get offended, but now I'm like, 'You're going to hear me, regardless. Whether you accept what I have to say or not is on you.'

As Latinas, we tend to be overly partial considering stereotypes. I'm interested in being naughty and edgy.

I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I'm perhaps too timid to do in real life.

I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina. We're not all categorized as one type of person... there's people from everywhere doing different things who have different types of cultures. Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.

People can say I am a terrible role model because I swear all the time or that I fight people. Look, I don't want little girls to have the same ambitions as me. I want them to know that it is O.K. to be ambitious. I want them to know that it is O.K. to say whatever it is that is on their mind.

But I think it's intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.

I'm very boring. But I'm a bit obsessed with women that are so incredibly solid in their shoes that they don't care what other people think of them. I just think there's something so interesting about that kind of confidence.

I'd love the opportunity to do something where I could really give my opinion, my feisty side - it'd be fun!

I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.