Cyndi Lauper

“You know, I've been playing with my hair color ever since I was nine.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Somebody did complain to me and tell me that my clothes were so loud they couldn't hear me sing.”

“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.”

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

“When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead.”

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

“When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be.”

“Everything does go in a circle.”

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

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

“I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you're holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea.”

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

“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.”

“I have a wig for when I go outside among the regular folks, so they don't feel uncomfortable because I have a Day-Glo color somewhere in my hair.”