53 Quotes by Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper is an iconic musician and singer-songwriter who achieved immense success in the 1980s with her distinctive voice, colorful persona, and empowering anthems. With her breakthrough album "She's So Unusual," Lauper captured the hearts of millions worldwide, becoming a symbol of individuality and self-expression. Her eclectic musical style, fusing elements of pop, new wave, and rock, set her apart from her contemporaries and earned her numerous accolades, including Grammy Awards.
Beyond her undeniable musical talent, Lauper's advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and support for various social causes showcased her compassionate and empathetic nature. As a trailblazer for women in the music industry, she inspired generations of artists to embrace their uniqueness and embrace diversity. Cyndi Lauper's impact on pop culture and her enduring relevance as an artist continue to shine, making her an influential figure admired not only for her music but also for her unwavering commitment to using her platform for positive change.
Cyndi Lauper Quotes
When the working day is done, girls they just want to have fun.
And I'll see your true colors shining through I see your true colors and that's why I love you so don't be afraid to let them show your true colors, true colors are beautiful like a RAINBOW.
I absolutely refuse to reveal my age. What am I - a car?
My torso is short, but my arms are really long and gangly and my legs and my neck, and my feet and hands are really long, and I look like a duck.
It's a strange lesson to learn in life that your differences, the things that make you feel uncomfortable about yourself are what will help you to grow into who you are. Those are your gifts.
Everyone—whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender—should be allowed to show their true colors, and be accepted and loved for who they are.
On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.
Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.
You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway.
Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world, I want to be the one to walk in the sun.
Understand where it is you want to go. Then picture yourself there. If you can picture yourself there, then you can be there. Bottom line.
People can save the world by the way they think and by the way they behave and what they hold to be important.
"If you want a strong society, it has to be inclusive.
If you have to push a boulder up a hill, do you want 10 people or 100?
If you weed out colour or gender, you get 10."
In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.
I've always wondered what it would be like if somebody from outer space landed with three heads. Then all of a sudden everybody else wouldn't look so bad, huh? Well, OK you're a little different from me but, hey, ya got one head.
I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.
You know, I do speak the Queens English. It's just the wrong Queens that's all. It's over the 59th Street Bridge. It's not over the Atlantic Ocean.
If you can't go one way, there's many ways to get where you're going. So you just take a step back and see beyond the wall.
Your own shoes are hard enough to fill, but somebody else's are even tougher.
If you think you're hearing something and you can't think what it is. If you feel a quiet longing lift your heart into the wind. There you'll find my kindred spirit. There you'll meet me as a friend. It is just a kindred spirit and a song to let you in.
If you have intercourse you run the risk of dying and the ramifications of death are final.
When you become famous, they don't give you a handbook.
If we truly want to end youth homelessness... then we have to invest in prevention and support communities as they work to implement these life-changing efforts.
Somebody did complain to me and tell me that my clothes were so loud they couldn't hear me sing.
People used to complain to me all the time, 'I can't even hear you sing because your clothes are so loud.
Secrets stolen from deep inside....the drum beats out of time
My career never went like anyone else’s, so I never followed anyone.
When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.
There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it's what you think. But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood.
What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?
Everything does go in a circle.
If you fall, I will catch you. I will be waiting, time after time.
You can't make your kids what you want them to be. They are who they are and you have to help them to succeed in the world as best you can.
You know, I've been playing with my hair color ever since I was nine.
I have never been prouder to be a lifelong New Yorker than I am today with the passage of marriage equality.
People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes, now they wanna know where I buy them.
The more you practice and study, the better you are so I still practice and study all the time.
With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.
You can laugh when I talk, but not when I sing.
My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should.
It is not a dirty word, "feminism." I just think that women belong in the human population with the same rights as everybody else... The problem is, "A feminist looks like this, or is like that." We are taught not to like ourselves as women, we are taught what we're supposed to look like, what our measurements are supposed to be. I never hear what measurements men are supposed to be. Just women.
There have been great things that happened to me.
I'm in the business where you get the business all the time.
I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.
If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn't recognize me.
The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.
Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles
Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do.
I wanna go south and get some more. Hey, they say that a stitch in time saves nine, they say I better stop or I'll go blind.
Goonies are good enough, good enough for me
God has more important things to worry about than who I sleep with.
It's that anonymous person who meanders through the streets and feels what's happening there, feels the pulse of the people, who's able to create.
Just like I am obsessed with the history of fashion, I love reading about the history of makeup.
― Cyndi Lauper Quotes
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