Cyndi Lauper Quotes - Page 3

You don't know where you belong... You need something to swear to, As you fol-low blindly along; You just need to belong somehow.

I've been a diva since I was four.

There have been great things that happened to me.

People used to complain to me all the time, 'I can't even hear you sing because your clothes are so loud.

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.

I come from a line of great Sicilian women, and their mentality is to endure and push through to the other side.

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.

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.

I wouldn't record any song that I didn't like.

I've got a Grammy and Emmy, I'd like to have a Tony.

If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn't recognize me.

Men and women are different. I don't think men grow a brain until 26 or even 30. Girls mature a lot quicker.

Sharon Osbourne is such a blast and she's so, so bright.

When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life.

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.

Music, in its higher state, for me, is worth living and dying for. It's worth traipsing around the globe, it's worth the accolades and the other side of the accolades...I always have sung to the angels and the higher parts of people's souls.

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.

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.

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.

Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles

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.

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.