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.

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.

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

Change is not an event, its a process.

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.

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.

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