I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started writing seriously, and that was my pacifier all through high school – that and painting. – Cyndi Lauper
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. – Cyndi Lauper
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. – Cyndi Lauper
I wanted to make the album I always needed to make. I had to say the things I never could. – Cyndi Lauper
Somebody did complain to me and tell me that my clothes were so loud they couldn’t hear me sing. – Cyndi Lauper
When I got hoarse, the manager would say, ‘Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,’ and I used to say, ‘Joplin? Joplin’s dead. – Cyndi Lauper
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. – Cyndi Lauper
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. – Cyndi Lauper
When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song. – Cyndi Lauper
Men and women are different. I don’t think men grow a brain until 26 or even 30. Girls mature a lot quicker. – Cyndi Lauper
I’m not gonna worry about what people think about me. I’m too busy. I don’t give a hoot. – Cyndi Lauper
The more you practice and study, the better you are… so I still practice and study all the time. – Cyndi Lauper
Where I come from, if you see your family and friends’ civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening! – Cyndi Lauper
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. – Cyndi Lauper
I lucked out when I started to sing. I’d already experienced failing at everything else. – Cyndi Lauper
Before I became famous I had a very full life, and that gave me a lot to pick from. I always use everything. It always comes in handy. Working with animals… Well, I just enjoyed that. That was the most peaceful time. – Cyndi Lauper
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. – Cyndi Lauper
My mother said I was a little odd as a kid. I was alone a lot, but I didn’t feel alone. – Cyndi Lauper
