PEPA

I tried snowboarding before, and I suck at it.

We try to keep our audience involved. It is a show, but we want to make sure that everybody - us, them - has a good time.

'Shoop' is whatever you want it to mean. You just shooping around. Just shoop!

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.

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.

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

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

If you feel good about yourself, there's nothing wrong with showing your stuff.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

We opened the door for women rappers.

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.

Some things I see on television, I think, 'Oh my gosh, they're showing that now?' wow.

We've never been political, and our fans like us that way. Music is supposed to be fun. But we do drop a positive message.

Parents need to sit down with their boys and girls and tell them how to carry themselves and tell the boys how to respect women and respect yourself and know who you are.

When I see a cutie in front at a concert, I say, 'Ohhh, you're so cute! What's your name?' But I wouldn't do that in real life.

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.

We're always going to party and have fun. We'll always be pushing it and leaving you with something to remember.

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.

Girls are our biggest fans, I tell you. I mean women; I mean even the big ones. They say things like, 'You inspired me!'

Music has changed. You can just throw songs out on iTunes song by song; you don't have to do a whole album.