Cyndi Lauper

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. ”

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow. ”

I'm in the business where you get the business all the time. ”

I come from a line of great Sicilian women, and their mentality is to endure and push through to the other side. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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