Pepa Quotes

Pepa

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 9, 1964

There is nothing that you can't overcome. So it's never too late for happiness.

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A lot of our fans, they always say Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella was the soundtrack to their lives.

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Lack of communication is the key to any successful relationship going wrong.

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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!'

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There are good men out there. There are guys who have their priorities straight, who take care of their kids, who respect their mothers.

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Be empowered as a female, as a woman. Don't apologize. Don't lose yourself in another person's life.

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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.

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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.

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Ladies, you have to love yourself... you don't always have to have a man.

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We need to say to ourselves 'I'm talented, loved, worthy, and valued.'

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A lot of guys don't get their recognition, all the good men out there.

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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.

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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.

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I do like performing 'I'll Take Your Man,' because that was a hard song.

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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.

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'Push It,' to me, was very pop. And back then, you were called 'sell-out' to be pop.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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