Cyndi Lauper

Birthday: 22 June 1953, Ozone Park, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name: Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper

Height: 160 cm

Cyndi was born at Boulevard Hospital, in Astoria, Queens. She spent her first four years in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Her family then moved to Ozone Park, Queens.

When "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" came out, I was thirty. They were saying "How old are you?". And ...Show more »

When "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" came out, I was thirty. They were saying "How old are you?". And even then I was like "Why? You think I'm a car? You need to check under the hood and kick the tires?". Show less «

On being a feminist: I'm a bra-burner from way back!

You can laugh when I talk, but not when I sing. People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes... n...Show more »

You can laugh when I talk, but not when I sing. People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes... now they wanna know where I buy them. Show less «

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

[on the music video "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"] It was very important to me that every girl was r...Show more »

[on the music video "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"] It was very important to me that every girl was represented - Hispanic girls, African-American girls. I told Edd (Griles - the video director) that we had to have multiracial people too. At that time, everybody who was in videos was either all white or all black. I figured, "You know what? Here's what I see missing. Let's go for it." There still wasn't as much integration as there should have been, but I feel like a lot of little girls who saw the video saw themselves, and that was the most important thing. Show less «

You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the ...Show more »

You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway. Show less «

My mother said I was a little odd as a kid. I was alone a lot, but I didn't feel alone. When I sang ...Show more »

My mother said I was a little odd as a kid. I was alone a lot, but I didn't feel alone. When I sang with those records, I'd be Julie Andrews and there was Rex Harrison sitting on my mother's bed. I was Mitzi Gaynor. I was Ezio Pinza. I think she had Mary Martin too - I was all of them. I was pretty good until they sang duets. Show less «

There have been great things that happened to me. If they didn't happen to me, I wouldn't be here. E...Show more »

There have been great things that happened to me. If they didn't happen to me, I wouldn't be here. Everything was supposed to happen to me. I wouldn't have the sight that I have, I wouldn't have the creative moments that I have, I wouldn't be able to articulate what I need to articulate. I wouldn't have my son. I wouldn't have my husband. I'm a lucky woman. Everything. Every single thing. There are no mistakes. Show less «

(on her album "At Last") It was an idea to do a special project. because people would come see me li...Show more »

(on her album "At Last") It was an idea to do a special project. because people would come see me live and go, "Gee, I didn't know she could sing." And I'd be like, "Yeah, you ever tried to sing 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', pal?". Show less «

I absolutely refuse to reveal my age. What am I - a car?

You can't stamp out individuality - there's too many of us.

Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper's FILMOGRAPHY

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