Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT activist. Her career has spanned over 30 years. Her debut solo album She's So Unusualwas the first debut female album to chart four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through the Night"—earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth22 June 1953
CityAstoria, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I used to get spanked. Yeah, my mother used to line us up and we'd get it with the belt. I think she was into music, cause we were all different sizes like a xylophone. But I've been through therapy, I'm OK now.
I am also an Emmy winning actress. Except that I gotta tell ya, it was for comedy and I've been practicing for most of my life because every job I've ever had they'd always say the same thing, 'Hey Lauper, what are ya, some kind of comedienne?' and who knew?
The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.
Yes. It's all his fault. I was nice, very pure, never did anything wrong, and then he started in and started corrupting me.
Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.
People can save the world by the way they think and by the way they behave and what they hold to be important.
I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.
I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.
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.
Everything does go in a circle.
People used to complain to me all the time, 'I can't even hear you sing because your clothes are so loud.
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.
The more you practice and study, the better you are so I still practice and study all the time.
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.