Creativity Quote by Cyndi Lauper

A pop star’s job description, delivered like a shrug with a sting. When Cyndi Lauper says, "I'm in the business where you get the business all the time", she’s playing with the double-meaning of "business" the way she’s always played with pop itself: catchy on the surface, edged underneath. The line lands because it turns celebrity into a workplace hazard. Not glamorous, not mythic - just constant exposure to criticism, pressure, contracts, opinions, and the churn of an industry that treats people like product.

The intent feels half-jokey, half-diagnostic. Lauper isn’t begging for sympathy; she’s naming the deal. You don’t just work in entertainment, you get worked over by it: the label notes, the press cycle, the audience’s expectations, the endless demand to be "on". The subtext is that fame doesn’t merely amplify your art; it amplifies everyone else’s entitlement to you. "All the time" is the key phrase, pushing the line from pun to complaint: there is no off switch, no private self that stays unbilled.

Context matters: Lauper came up in the 1980s machine where image was currency and MTV turned musicians into round-the-clock visuals. She also built a brand on bright, unruly individuality - which makes the quote feel like a seasoned artist acknowledging the cost of being conspicuously yourself in a system that profits from sanding people down. It’s a compact, streetwise reminder that in pop, the job isn’t just making music. It’s surviving the feedback loop.