'I loved her!' Cyndi Lauper credits Madonna for inspiring early music career... as she jokingly calls singer 'my evil cousin'
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she was asked whether she ever felt threatened by the success of fellow artists when she first started out.
'No! I thought of them with pretty great regard,' she said - specifically referring to Madonna, Prince and Boy George.
'[Prince's] music has always been a part of my musical landscape, as was Madonna.
She added: 'I got to say, I fool around and say she was my evil cousin but when she did Like A prayer, my Catholic schoolgirl heart was... I loved her! She was a hero, right? She got everyone upset. That was so good. Right?'
The high praise comes more than one year after Cyndi revealed that she has previously been mistaken for legendary artist Madonna.
Despite having a much less provocative image than Madonna, fans would often confuse the pair and Cyndi admitted that there were times that she didn't bother correcting them.
'It happens to me once in a while. I just sign Madonna. I don't care and as long as I don't talk I get away with it,' she previously revealed on
