Quotes by Cyndi Lauper

“What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?”

“Somebody did complain to me and tell me that my clothes were so loud they couldnt hear me sing.”

“God has more important things to worry about than who I sleep with.”

“When I sing I dont feel like its me. I feel I am fabulous, like Im 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. Im whoever I want to be.”

“I get the greatest feeling when Im singing. Its 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 youre holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea.”

“What am I, a car?”

“As the audiences got larger, the participation got larger. And I found myself in Dallas, and 20,000 people were singing Madonna Whore back at me. I thought ... this is really a great thing. They wanted to hear it really badly, and here they are.”

“Hey, I read comics!”

“Ive always wondered what it would be like if somebody from outer space landed with three heads. Then all of a sudden everybody else wouldnt look so bad, huh? Well, OK youre a little different from me but, hey, ya got one head.”

“You know, I do speak the Queens English. Its just the wrong Queens thats all. Its over the 59th Street Bridge. Its not over the Atlantic Ocean.”

All I want to convey to anyone who is suffering while theyre young is that sometimes you get a reprieve when youre older. Maybe its just your perception that changes, but somehow it eases up, because life ebbs and flows. When youre ebbing, maybe youre strengthening your perspective of the world. And when youre flowing, maybe you can use everything to create, to write, to sing, act, and eventually stand taller and see farther.

Ive always wondered what it would be like if somebody from outer space landed with three heads. Then all of a sudden everybody else wouldnt look so bad, huh? Well, OK youre a little different from me but, hey, ya got one head.

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.

I dont have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

I lucked out when I started to sing. Id already experienced failing at everything else.