I'm not ashamed to speak about anything. And what I'm telling you is real; it's from the heart.
— Pepa
I've always said, if you treat yourself like a queen, you'll attract a king.
Ladies, you have to love yourself... you don't always have to have a man.
We've always been for women and for biggin' up their self-esteem. That's why we do songs like 'Independent.'
If I'm on a date, I don't want to talk business right away. Let it feel like a date. I don't want to talk about my job right then.
Peter Jennings came to us and said to make a PSA, 'Let's Talk About AIDS.' But I was naive about how the virus is contracted - until Magic Johnson came out. I'd stereotyped it, thinking it was a gay disease, a white man's disease.
Not everyone's role model material, but we do have a sense of responsibility because kids listen more to us than they would their parents.
We've always been into God. We feel we are blessed. That's part of our success. I mean, apart from the chemistry and the talent, we are blessed. I don't think it can happen without God.
A lot of guys don't get their recognition, all the good men out there.
We all have little sisters and cousins who look up to us, and we see what they go through. So we have to be an example. A lot of artists come into this business and they don't see things that way. But as you get older - and now that we also have children - your conscience starts working on you.
Music has changed. You can just throw songs out on iTunes song by song; you don't have to do a whole album.
We'll be in our 60s performing 'Push It' somewhere. Good old 'Push It.' I don't know what it is about that song.
We try to keep our audience involved. It is a show, but we want to make sure that everybody - us, them - has a good time.
We feel we're setting a trend. Other girl groups watch our style and see how we rap. And there are some male rappers I feel we've overthrown.
Some things I see on television, I think, 'Oh my gosh, they're showing that now?' wow.
At the end of the day, your life is on the line when you're dealing with abusive men, and your life is more important than any man.
Our trademark asymmetrical hairstyle came about by accident. My sister was trying to get her beautician's licence, and I was her guinea pig. She permed my hair and didn't wash out one of the sides properly, so the whole right side of my hair was eaten out. After she washed it, I was half bald.
Parents need to sit down with their boys and girls and tell them how to carry themselves and tell the boys how to respect women and respect yourself and know who you are.
We're always going to party and have fun. We'll always be pushing it and leaving you with something to remember.
Don't waste your time with a good-for-nothing man.
If you feel good about yourself, there's nothing wrong with showing your stuff.
We had fashion errors that became hits. We were bold with our colors and tights and being very sexy and the assymmetrical hairstyle.
We're just not going anywhere. Our songs are here to stay.
Kids started coming to my concert, and I realized that I had sense of responsibility.
I like to look good. I'm well-respected, and I demand that - and I don't mind showin' off!
'Shoop' is whatever you want it to mean. You just shooping around. Just shoop!
My kids used to see me crying and depressed all the time, and that can affect kids as well.
Lack of communication is the key to any successful relationship going wrong.
For a long time, we got no respect. People thought we just got lucky. They said we were a one-record wonder.
Onstage, we're very dominant and aggressive. But we laugh and play a lot, too.
When I see a cutie in front at a concert, I say, 'Ohhh, you're so cute! What's your name?' But I wouldn't do that in real life.
Nowadays, everyone has a stylist - we were raw, wearing 8 ball jackets with kente hats and spandex. It's a quintessential look that everyone loved.
Don't rationalize or internalize abusive behavior, because love doesn't hurt.
I was a loudmouth rock star when I was still in college. Purple hair this week, green hair next week, blond hair the week after. I was doing that fashion before it was really cool.
There are good men out there. There are guys who have their priorities straight, who take care of their kids, who respect their mothers.
We've been in the game for so long, it's great to be honored for our contributions to the game of hip-hop and be told that we're not forgotten about, that our music is timeless.
We've never been political, and our fans like us that way. Music is supposed to be fun. But we do drop a positive message.
We never said we were hard-core or that we didn't want our music crossing over or being popular.
I tried snowboarding before, and I suck at it.
A lot of our fans, they always say Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella was the soundtrack to their lives.
Girls are our biggest fans, I tell you. I mean women; I mean even the big ones. They say things like, 'You inspired me!'
AC/DC 'Back in Black' - Those were my punk rock days.
You have to give your fans and your children something they can use in life.
There is nothing that you can't overcome. So it's never too late for happiness.
We've been fortunate. 'Push It' will never die.
Every group has its time. Nobody reigns forever, except Michael Jackson. So, you've gotta be ready for that - and be wise about what you're doing.
The women like us because we're the first real women rappers, and the men like us because we're strong. We're not some soft little rappers with soft little voices. The men who see us end up going, 'Hey! They're kickin' it!'
It's tough, with the iTunes and all the downloads... You've really got to make an impact to be heard and be unique and different.
We brought fashion, fun, and femininity to hip hop.
We opened the door for women rappers.
