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"Cyndi Lauper has credited the longevity of her career to not confirming to pop music standards. The singer rose to fame in the mid-1980s with the success of her singles &amp;#039;Girls Just Want to Have Fun&amp;#039;, eventually selling more than 50 million albums globally.  In an interview with Parade, Lauper was quizzed on why she believes her music has continued to influence singer-songwriters through the decades. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t think it&amp;#039;s a secret: I never stopped [recording],&amp;quot; Lauper explained. &amp;quot;When people told me you can&amp;#039;t do this or that, I would just do it. I didn&amp;#039;t think there was another choice for me.&amp;quot; Lauper also reflected on her unique fashion sense, which has included dying her hair a variety of colors and championing cutting-edge fashions.  &amp;quot;I always liked that salmon-pink hair color; I still use it,&amp;quot; the musician said. &amp;quot;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&amp;#039;m obsessed with fashion.&amp;quot; Her new reality series Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual airs on Saturdays at 9/8c on WE TV. Watch Cyndi Lauper&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;I Drove All Night&amp;#039; music video below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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