Cheryl James Quotes

• I didn’t want to get back into the whole industry. I left overworked, overwhelmed, and not having any control over my life. I was bulimic and needed to heal.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Control, Industry

• ‘None of Your Business.’ It’s the only Salt-N-Pepa song that I regret.

  Cheryl James

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Regret, Song

• I’ve changed my life in a lot of ways. I’m a mom, a wife, and a Christian. Some of the things I expressed in my early 20s aren’t what I care to express right now.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Care, Wife, Changed

• But one thing that’s constant is we’ve always appreciated fans. They put us on the map and they keep us on the map. I always put myself in their position. If I loved someone and had their posters all over my wall and met them and they were rude it would be very hurtful.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Someone, Position

• The part you don’t expect when you start out is all the people who come into your life wanting a piece of you, not caring about your wellbeing. The insane schedule is very difficult. Touring looks very glamourous but it’s hard and gruelling – the travelling, the meet-and-greets – it was too crazy.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Crazy, Expect

• There were times in my career I went a little further than I wanted because of expectations. Doing certain things onstage when children were in the audience, wearing certain clothes, singing certain lyrics.

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  Topics in Children, Expectations

  Tags in Doing, Wearing

• The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I’ve always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

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  Topics in Inspirational

  Tags in Proud, Respected

• I don’t want to give the illusion that one day God came down and I was healed.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Give, Illusion

• For me, the bulimia was about stuffing my emotions. So I stopped suppressing my feelings.

  Cheryl James

  Topics in Emotion

  Tags in Feelings, Suppressing

• I remember feeling all right with myself until age 13. Then, I was getting off the bus one day and this guy called me Miss Piggy. That was the first time I ever really felt like I wasn’t okay.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Feeling, Like

• There are a lot of good things that we can do. Maybe my example can help someone.

  Cheryl James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Someone, Example

• I’m really open to doing music. We just have to figure out what kind of music it’s going to be – something where I don’t feel compromised.

  Cheryl James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Music, Doing, Kind

• People have this impression that I’m this crazy Christian, but I’m really balanced.

  Cheryl James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Crazy, Impression, People

• We’re feminists. We’re doing something that only guys are expected to do and doin’ it right! At our concerts we’ll do one hard-core rap song and then do one where we’ll be real s*xy.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Doing, Real, Something

• For the moment, I’m concentrating on my own stuff.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Moment, Concentrating

• They keep telling me that my flow’s up to date, you know. I guess they thought I was gonna come back sounding… old.

  Cheryl James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Thought, Telling

• I’m not really into the fashion thing.

  Cheryl James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Fashion, Really

• Our attitude is that we want to cross over. You can’t go on making records just for your own hometown.

  Cheryl James

  Topics in Attitude

  Tags in Making, Records

• Rap is hardcore street music but there are women out there who can hang with the best male rappers. What holds us back is that girls tend to rap in these high, squeaky voices. It’s irritating. You’ve gotta rap from the diaphragm.

  Cheryl James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Music, Best, Women

• I don’t like the fact that there are so few women in rap.

  Cheryl James

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women, Fact

Cheryl James (27)

Birth:	28th March, 1966
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Rapper, Singer

About

Cheryl James was born in Brooklyn, New York. She is an American actress, rapper and singer. She is a member of the rap trio Salt-n-Pepa, which also includes Pepa and Spinderella. Salt starred in The Salt-n-Pepa Show, a reality TV series focusing on reforming the group. In 1997, she recorded the song "Stomp" with gospel artists Kirk Franklin and God's Property for their album God's Property, one of the best-selling albums in gospel music history. They were the first female rap act to have gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums, and the first female rap act to win a Grammy.

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