Cheryl James Quotes

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.
Cheryl James

Best, Proud, Felt

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.
Cheryl James

Sometimes, Often, Church

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.
Cheryl James

Life, Peace, Person

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

Music, Women, Best

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.
Cheryl James

Life, Crazy, Hard

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.
Cheryl James

Someone, Rude, Put

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

Change, Process, Event

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

Feelings, Emotions, Bulimia

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

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.
Cheryl James

Life, Control, Whole

I don't like the fact that there are so few women in rap.
Cheryl James

Women, Fact, Few

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

God, Down, Give

I got to that desperate place where nobody could help me but God.
Cheryl James

God, Help, Place

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.
Cheryl James

Age, Time, Feeling

I'm not really into the fashion thing.
Cheryl James

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

Music, Open, Figure

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.
Cheryl James

Life, Mom, Care

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

Business, Regret, Song

One of the speakers asked how many women had been harassed or abused sexually in their life? There were thousands of women in the audience, and almost every one of them raised her hand.
Cheryl James

Life, Women, Her

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

Attitude, Making, Records

People have this impression that I'm this crazy Christian, but I'm really balanced.
Cheryl James

Crazy, Christian, Impression

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

Good, Help, Someone

There are different kinds of people in the world.
Cheryl James

Different, Kinds

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.
Cheryl James

Children, Career, Wanted

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

Thought, Old, Keep

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Nationality: American

Born: March 8, 1964

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