If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn't recognize me. Cyndi Lauper More Quotes by Cyndi Lauper More Quotes From Cyndi Lauper When you become famous, they don't give you a handbook. Cyndi Lauper famegiving 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-elizabethsingingqueens 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 stageemotionsong 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-friendstakenrights People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes, now they wanna know where I buy them. Cyndi Lauper clothesrockspeople 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 ducksfeethands 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-changingeffortsupport I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself. Cyndi Lauper judgingpeoplelooks 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 creativebravepeople 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-timessuccessfulpath When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life. Cyndi Lauper happeningsvision God has more important things to worry about than who I sleep with. Cyndi Lauper importantworrysleep 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 givingpeoplethinking 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 pulseablepeople The more you practice and study, the better you are so I still practice and study all the time. Cyndi Lauper stillsstudypractice People used to complain to me all the time, 'I can't even hear you sing because your clothes are so loud. Cyndi Lauper clothessingingpeople 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 peacefuluseanimal I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me. Cyndi Lauper rhythmspeechlanguage
