Cyndi Lauper

“Your true colors are beautiful like a rainbow.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Art can make a difference.”

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

“Girls just want to have fun.”

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

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

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

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

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

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