CYNDI LAUPER

Fun-loving she-bopper talks vegging out, golf biopics and winging it.

I describe myself as… All About Eve. Ha! The characters are a little over the top and that’s me… it’s, “enough about you, now back to me.” Just kidding. I am hard-working, passionate, compassionate, can be self-centred, try not to be self-centred, and a live-life-to the-fullest kind of person.

Music changed me by… well, it changes me every time I listen. If I’m listening to a chord change that’s unexpected, it opens my mind to a new way I think chords are put together, and if I hear lyrics that tell a different kind of story, it opens my mind so I can see things through a different lens. Music makes my mind open to all new kinds of possibilities.

When I’m not making music… I’ll look at fashion, photography, movies, art. Spend time with my family. Go for walks with my husband, listen to music with my son, walk my dog, go to restaurants with friends, visit my mom.

My biggest vice is… vegging out to TV late at night. It’s how I relax. I fall asleep to the TV most nights.

The last time I was embarrassed was… sadly, I get less embarrassed as time has gone on. Maybe that’s being way too comfortable with myself?

My formal qualifications are… I believe I have no qualifications, and that’s what makes me most qualified. There’s less nervousness when you just go about doing something new. It makes it easier for me to learn. I’m not one of those people that learn well in a formal setting, but put me in the middle of something and I am pretty good on my feet. I’m always learning and studying through doing and living. I’ll research whatever I’m doing a lot, so I can do a good job. I still study singing – I go to vocal lessons every week to stay strong in voice.

The last time I cried was… a few nights ago watching a movie, The Greatest Game Ever Played [a biopic of