'You can't worry about staying famous': Girls Just Wanna Have Fun singer Cyndi Lauper talks career choices while defending having pink hair at 63

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 13:26 EST, 28 July 2016 | Updated: 14:47 EST, 28 July 2016

She rocketed to worldwide fame in the 1980s with her hit Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.

But Cyndi Lauper said she is now not concerned about being a big name celebrity.

'You can't live your whole life worrying about staying famous,' the Grammy winner told AARP The Magazine in its August/September issue, stressing that chasing her passion is more important than staying in the limelight. 'If losing some fame means doing what you want, you gotta go with what you want.'

Musical mainstay: Cyndi Lauper, 63, opened up to AARP The Magazine's August/September issue about fame, money and her iconic hair 

Musical mainstay: Cyndi Lauper, 63, opened up to AARP The Magazine's August/September issue about fame, money and her iconic hair 

And while she clearly doesn't need to be famous, Lauper remains a musical icon who continues to reach new watermarks in her career: She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this past April, released a country album titled Detour back in May and composed the Tony Award-winning 2012 Broadway hit Kinky Boots.

The New York City native hasn't changed too much at 63, as she's still rocking the multi-colored hairdos that made her a pop culture phenomenon some 30 years back.

'I think I have reached an age when I can have pink hair if I want – or blue hair,' the Time After Time singer revealed. 'But blue, it turns a little green, so right now I am going with the pink.'

Rooftop rocker: Cyndi told the magazine, 'I think I have reached an age when I can have pink hair if I want – or blue hair'

Rooftop rocker: Cyndi told the magazine, 'I think I have reached an age when I can have pink hair if I want – or blue hair'

She added that in the grand scheme of life, age has nothing to do with one's success or happiness.

'You'll get wherever it is you want to go at whatever time in your life you want to do it,' Lauper told the magazine. 'We are brainwashed about what age you're supposed to marry, what age you're supposed to have a kid, what age you're supposed to do this or that.

'Oh my God! Who died and left those people in charge?'

One regret Lauper said she did have was not holding on to the riches that came with her fame, as she told the magazine, 'I was never smart about money like Prince ... I wish I wasn't taken advantage of so much.'

Still having fun: It's been a busy year for the True Colors singer, who released a country album and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Still having fun: It's been a busy year for the True Colors singer, who released a country album and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

In the revealing chat, the She Bop singer said that her mother Catrine 'has a little dementia,' opening up about the ways the disease has impacted their relationship.

'She lives in the present,' Lauper said. 'The good thing is, I can talk to her and tell her stuff that I really shouldn't tell anybody, and she'll give me these wonderful words of wisdom that a mother does. But then, 10 minutes later she'll forget.'

Lauper, who's been an outspoken activist for gay rights and other social causes throughout her career, also shared her thoughts on the upcoming election, though she declined to name her candidate of choice: 'I'll never tell people what to think, but I will beg them to think. Not to just blindly follow along.'

Life with Lauper: In the issue, Cyndi also opens up on her mother's battle with dementia 

Life with Lauper: In the issue, Cyndi also opens up on her mother's battle with dementia 

 

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