As the audiences got larger, the participation got larger. And I found myself in Dallas, and 20,000 people were singing 'Madonna Whore' back at me. I thought ... this is really a great thing. They wanted to hear it really badly, and here they are.
God has more important things to worry about than who I sleep with.
Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.
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.
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 went to fashion industries for a year in high school and I got zero there, I flunked out, so I had to have my revenge on fashion and I had it for awhile in the '80s. Big revenge. Flunkin' me out, I'll show you.
I'm in the business where you get the business all the time.
I've always wondered what it would be like if somebody from outer space landed with three heads. Then all of a sudden everybody else wouldn't look so bad, huh? Well, OK you're a little different from me but, hey, ya got one head.
I've got a Grammy and Emmy, I'd like to have a Tony.
Somebody did complain to me and tell me that my clothes were so loud they couldn't hear me sing.
Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles.
What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?
When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead.
Cyndi was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame on October 16, 2006.
Cyndi co-produced The Body Acoustic with Rick Chertoff, an album of re-released hits, done in acoustic form. She re-sings all of her hits, from 'Time After Time' to the fast-paced 'She-Bop'.
Cyndi performed at the closing ceremonies of the Gay Games VII at Chicago's Wrigley Field, clad in a rainbow lady liberty outfit.
Cyndi took part in a play and sang a special live performance to honor the late Matthew Shephard, on what would have been his 30th birthday on December 1, 2006. All of the proceeds went to the programs of the Matthew Shephard Foundation. Matthew was beat to death in a rural town for being a gay man.
Cyndi injured her leg during her opening performance for Cher at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City. She snagged the heel of her shoe on a staircase that lead up to the stage, causing her to fall and twist her ankle badly. After performing the remainder of her act from a chair, she was taken to St. Anthony Hospital and treated for a sprain and bruises.
Cyndi performs with rapper Shaggy on 'All Through The Night', and with Japanese pop group Puffy Ami Yumi for 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'.
Cyndi sang the theme song for the television series Pee-Wee's Playhouse, credited as Ellen Shaw.
Cyndi was inspired to play music by Ruth Gordon's free-spirited character 'Maude',who had a closet full of instruments that she played in Harold and Maude.
Cyndi contributed to the WWF wrestling album under the alias 'Mona Flambe', as a background singer.
Cyndi got her big break in 1984, selling nine million copies of her debut album She's So Unusual, and winning her first of four Grammy Awards for 'Best New Artist'.
Cyndi learned how to play the guitar at age twelve, and wrote her own song lyrics. She dropped out of high school to pursue her musical career, traveling to Canada and back to New York.
Cyndi met David Wolf while singing in a local New York bar in 1981, and he took over as her manager, getting her signed with Portrait Records, a branch of Columbia Records.
Cyndi played Michael J. Fox's secretary in Life with Mikey in 1993.
Cyndi's musical career could have finished before it began when she nearly quit singing altogether due to strained vocal chords in 1977, instead she took a year off to train with a vocal coach. She regained her voice and returned to music in 1978, with the band Blue Angel, they released a self-titled album in 1980 on Polydor records.
Cyndi sang on The Goonies soundtrack. Her song was called Goonies R Good Enough.
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