Cyndi Lauper

“I've always believed that you have to be yourself.”

“Music is a great healer. It's a great unifier.”

“Girls just want to have fun.”

“Humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit.”

“Art can make a difference.”

“I am a feminist, and I believe in equal rights for all people.”

“When you're a celebrity, you are a public servant. It's your job to use your platform, and I'm not going to shut up.”

“Your true colors are beautiful like a rainbow.”

“My legacy is that I stayed on course... from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something.”

“If you're a creative person, you can't just repeat yourself.”

“You can't be a star and not be a role model.”

“For me, the punk thing was really about questioning anything and everything.”

“The message of my music is that it's okay to be different.”

“I don't think you should be ashamed of your age. I think you should be proud.”

“I'm not the girl who's going to be in a bathing suit on the cover of a magazine.”