The singer rose to fame in the mid-1980s with the success of her singles 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun', eventually selling more than 50 million albums globally.
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In an interview with Parade, Lauper was quizzed on why she believes her music has continued to influence singer-songwriters through the decades.
"I don't think it's a secret: I never stopped [recording]," Lauper explained. "When people told me you can't do this or that, I would just do it. I didn't think there was another choice for me."
Lauper also reflected on her unique fashion sense, which has included dying her hair a variety of colours and championing cutting-edge fashions.
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"I always liked that salmon-pink hair colour; I still use it," the musician said. "And I loved the retro-glam look, but I wanted to make it my own, so I wore high heels and pedal pushers, which nobody was really wearing at the time. I'm obsessed with fashion."
Her new reality series Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual airs on Saturdays at 9/8c on WE TV.
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