I'm spiritual, too, but 'Gitty Up' is a great song, know what I mean?
— Pepa
We're not just three dumb girls from the ghetto who got lucky.
Women come up to us all the time and give us the most amazing compliments, like, 'Salt-N-Pepa was the soundtrack of my life.' They remind us that we meant so much to them. Sometimes artists don't really grasp that. But when you talk to fans, you get in touch with your legacy.
I want to reach everyone, but I have a dedication to women. Being that I'm a woman myself, and with the things that I've gone through, I've dealt with a lot of women that are in the dark and blind about relationships who depend on men for their happiness, emotionally and financially.
'Push It,' to me, was very pop. And back then, you were called 'sell-out' to be pop.
I grew up with park jams. That's how I knew about rap... The local MCs would grab the mic and start rapping. I just used to be so in awe and fascinated and like, 'Wow, this is amazing!' But I would never, ever touch the mic. Heck no.
There is a business side to me and a spiritual side.
There was a time when we had a nice little run: Eve, Lil' Kim, Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Remy Ma, Da Brat - it goes on. But what I noticed is that a lot of talented females in hip-hop came out of a male camp.
For girls who want to get their waistline down a little bit and don't have any weights in the house, they can actually use a broom and put it behind their necks, lap over it and twist and squat. I do all of that if I don't go to the gym.
We need to say to ourselves 'I'm talented, loved, worthy, and valued.'
I wasn't from the streets, but I was in the streets. I had a good family, nice home - you know, I can't say I grew up with nothing... but I chose to hang in the streets.
I'm gonna be in miniskirts at 50. Tina Turner.
Fans make you understand it was more than music to them. It was a movement, a voice they felt they didn't have that we expressed for them.
The guys love us - they think we're sexy - but the girls take us seriously... I've always said that when I was a teenager growing up, I wish I had girls like Salt-n-Pepa to look up to. If I'd had someone I could relate to, a lot of things would probably be different.
Be empowered as a female, as a woman. Don't apologize. Don't lose yourself in another person's life.
I do like performing 'I'll Take Your Man,' because that was a hard song.
