Cheryl James Quotes

Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.

Music is a male-dominated field.

I think hip-hop doesn't give women as much of a chance as it gives guys.

The representation of women in hip-hop has long been so flagrantly unkind.

Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.

Women's music is underrepresented.

I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty.

I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

It's frustrating we still don't see more movies featuring strong women.

The dominant male is history. Could you see a male Lady Gaga? The closest we've got is Justin Bieber, who'd be locked up if he tried the stuff Gaga gets away with. Women are the only rock stars now. Adele is brutally honest. I want to be like her.

It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.

I think a lot of women are underestimated.

Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place.

Women have to stand up to tremendous discriminatory practices, whether inherited traditions, whether imposed norms, male perceptions of power and control. The women always have to go through that and cannot take any privilege for granted.

I definitely think, generally, rap is misogynistic.

I had somebody say to me once, 'You can't make the kind of music you're making and call yourself a feminist.' The door was slammed on them swiftly after that.

It is male-chauvinistic industry, and there's still a long way to go for the female-centric genre to come to the fore.

The Manchester music scene was very male dominated.

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll.

I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.