Q&A: Cher (From Rolling Stone Magazine)

MIM UDOVITCH (March 29, 1999)

As they say, more tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
Or as Don Henley said, "Fortune smiles on some and lets the rest go free."

Rolling Stone : Do you have a favorite Sinatra song?

Cher : "The Lady Is a Tramp."

 

 

 

 

 

Rolling Stone : When people have Cher preconceptions, what are they?

Cher : I think it hit home for me the most when people thought I was acting at Sonny's funeral. That's the definitive experience of people getting it so wrong that you just don't know where anybody's coming from. I was so blindsided by that. And that day, I actually did give a thought to packing it in and saying, "You know what? Fuck all you guys, you don't get it anyway. I'm out of here."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rolling Stone : Barring the current one, what's your favorite Cher single?

Cher : There are two, and neither one of them was a hit. One was "I Paralyze," and the other was "Save Up All Your Tears."

 

Rolling Stone : Do you, as your song asks, believe in life after love?

Cher : Definitely. I've experienced it. It's been a long time; I've never been alone this long.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rolling Stone : It's brutal to be in the public eye nowadays. What do you think of Hillary Clinton?

Cher : Boy, she's got a fucking backbone. If I was in a foxhole, I'd want her there. She's got an unbelievable amount of guts. I think she's pulling it off really well. Actually, I think they're both pulling it off really well -- I mean, you just find yourself in a world of shit and you find a pony in there? I'm sorry, it works for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rolling Stone : What do you think are the pros and cons of being single?

Cher : Well, the pros are, you don't have to brush your teeth before you go to bed, and you don't have to shave your legs for weeks at a time, and you can go home and just veg out and have control of the clicker. And the cons are, there's not someone who tells you how adorable you are and rubs your head and goes into a crowded press conference and stands at the back and winks at you so that you think, "I can get through this."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rolling Stone : So the pros are that you don't have to get a bikini wax, and the cons are that you don't have anyone to admire your bikini wax. In general, it seems like you stay friends with your ex-boyfriends.

Cher : In general, I do.

 

Rolling Stone : That's an unusual quality. Why do you think you can do that?

Cher : Because I usually like them before I fuck them.