Top 66 Quotes & Sayings by Pepa
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Onstage, we're very dominant and aggressive. But we laugh and play a lot, too.
I'm spiritual, too, but 'Gitty Up' is a great song, know what I mean?
Be empowered as a female, as a woman. Don't apologize. Don't lose yourself in another person's life.
Some things I see on television, I think, 'Oh my gosh, they're showing that now?' wow.
I'm gonna be in miniskirts at 50. Tina Turner.
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.
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.
'Push It,' to me, was very pop. And back then, you were called 'sell-out' to be pop.
I like to look good. I'm well-respected, and I demand that - and I don't mind showin' off!
AC/DC 'Back in Black' - Those were my punk rock days.
For a long time, we got no respect. People thought we just got lucky. They said we were a one-record wonder.
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.
My kids used to see me crying and depressed all the time, and that can affect kids as well.
I tried snowboarding before, and I suck at it.
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.
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.
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.
A lot of guys don't get their recognition, all the good men out there.
If you feel good about yourself, there's nothing wrong with showing your stuff.
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.
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.
Don't waste your time with a good-for-nothing man.
I do like performing 'I'll Take Your Man,' because that was a hard song.
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.
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 nothing that you can't overcome. So it's never too late for happiness.
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!'
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.
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've always been for women and for biggin' up their self-esteem. That's why we do songs like 'Independent.'
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.
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.
You have to give your fans and your children something they can use in life.
Don't rationalize or internalize abusive behavior, because love doesn't hurt.
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.
We never said we were hard-core or that we didn't want our music crossing over or being popular.
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'll be in our 60s performing 'Push It' somewhere. Good old 'Push It.' I don't know what it is about that song.
Kids started coming to my concert, and I realized that I had sense of responsibility.
We've been fortunate. 'Push It' will never die.
We had fashion errors that became hits. We were bold with our colors and tights and being very sexy and the assymmetrical hairstyle.
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.
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.
Lack of communication is the key to any successful relationship going wrong.
We brought fashion, fun, and femininity to hip hop.
We're not just three dumb girls from the ghetto who got lucky.
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.
'Shoop' is whatever you want it to mean. You just shooping around. Just shoop!
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.
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.
A lot of our fans, they always say Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella was the soundtrack to their lives.
Music has changed. You can just throw songs out on iTunes song by song; you don't have to do a whole album.
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 opened the door for women rappers.
We're just not going anywhere. Our songs are here to stay.
I've always said, if you treat yourself like a queen, you'll attract a king.
We need to say to ourselves 'I'm talented, loved, worthy, and valued.'
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.
There is a business side to me and a spiritual side.
Girls are our biggest fans, I tell you. I mean women; I mean even the big ones. They say things like, 'You inspired me!'
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