I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot. Cyndi Lauper More Quotes by Cyndi Lauper More Quotes From Cyndi Lauper I knew Queen Elizabeth didn't do any laundry! I knew I wasn't going to be doing laundry. I was going to be singing. Cyndi Lauper queen-elizabeth singing queens My career never went like anyone else’s, so I never followed anyone. Cyndi Lauper careers 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 stage emotion song 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 family-and-friends taken rights People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes, now they wanna know where I buy them. Cyndi Lauper clothes rocks people 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 ducks feet hands 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. Cyndi Lauper life-changing effort support I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself. Cyndi Lauper judging people looks I've been a diva since I was four. Cyndi Lauper four 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 creative brave people I have a hard time doing anything someone else tells me to do! I've always been driven to follow my own path and not be pushed down another lane because some executive thought I could be more commercially successful or whatever. Cyndi Lauper hard-times successful path When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life. Cyndi Lauper happenings vision God has more important things to worry about than who I sleep with. Cyndi Lauper important worry sleep 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 giving people thinking 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 pulse able people The more you practice and study, the better you are so I still practice and study all the time. Cyndi Lauper stills study practice People used to complain to me all the time, 'I can't even hear you sing because your clothes are so loud. Cyndi Lauper clothes singing people 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 peaceful use animal I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me. Cyndi Lauper rhythm speech language I'm in the business where you get the business all the time. Cyndi Lauper