Born Cherilyn Sarkisian, Cher has always been fearless: she wore whatever she wanted, dated whoever she wanted, and said whatever she wanted. Let’s look at some of her boldest outfits and examine her most controversial quotes.
- “I like to get boyfriends. A girl can wait forever for the right man while having fun with the wrong ones.”
- “Academics hated me: they said I had no talent, terrible taste in clothes, and I always dated men ten years younger. And yet, they still had to give me an Oscar.”
- “The main problem with some women is that they get excited about nothing, and then they manage to marry it.”
- “Until you’re willing to look like an idiot, you won’t get the chance to be great.”
- “I love the ’70s. And how can you not love them? I spent almost ten years almost naked.”
- “We all reinvent ourselves. Some just have better imaginations than others.”
- “My mom told me, ‘One day you’ll settle down and marry a rich man.’ And I said, ‘Mom, I am a rich man.'”
- “If I really had as many plastic surgeries as they say, I’d have stopped recognizing myself in the mirror a long time ago. But now, when I look in it, I see the same girl I saw 60 years ago.”
- “Richard Avedon said I would never make it to the cover of a glossy magazine. I’m glad I managed to prove him wrong, many, many times.”
- “What do I feel when today’s celebs repeat my old looks? I’m amazed at how they always manage to pick the least successful ones.”
