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I have a hard time doing anything someone else tells me to do! I've always been driven to follow my own path and not be pushed down another lane because some executive thought I could be more commercially successful or whatever.

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Cyndi Lauper
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 22
Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
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New York City
New York
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper
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