Cheryl James
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
Cheryl James

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
Cheryl James

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
Cheryl James

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
Cheryl James

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
Cheryl James

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

Cheryl James
Cheryl James

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

Cheryl James
Cheryl James

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

Cheryl James
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
Cheryl James

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.

Cheryl James
Cheryl James

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

Cheryl James
Cheryl James

I'm not really into the fashion thing.

Cheryl James
Cheryl James

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

Cheryl James
Cheryl James

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

Cheryl James
Cheryl James

We're not hard people.

Cheryl James
Cheryl James

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

Cheryl James
Cheryl James

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
Cheryl James

There are different kinds of people in the world.

Cheryl James
Cheryl James

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
Cheryl James

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.