Cheryl James Quotes

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.

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.

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

I'm not really into the fashion thing.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

We're not hard people.

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

Change is not an event, it's a process.

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

Christians often want to hide behind the walls of the church, where we are comfortable, but sometimes we have to come out of the box.

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 sexy.

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.