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“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“'Push It,' to me, was very pop. And back then, you were called 'sell-out' to be pop.”
“Some things I see on television, I think, 'Oh my gosh, they're showing that now?' wow.”
“Music has changed. You can just throw songs out on iTunes song by song; you don't have to do a whole album.”
“There is nothing that you can't overcome. So it's never too late for happiness.”
“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're not just three dumb girls from the ghetto who got lucky.”
“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.”
“Lack of communication is the key to any successful relationship going wrong.”
“I like to look good. I'm well-respected, and I demand that - and I don't mind showin' off!”
“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.”
“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 do like performing 'I'll Take Your Man,' because that was a hard song.”
“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.”
“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.”
“We're just not going anywhere. Our songs are here to stay.”
“A lot of our fans, they always say Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella was the soundtrack to their lives.”