My mother was the most creative, fantastic person and would come up with great things for us to do. She'd buy art supplies and all of us would sit around painting. I was lucky.

She is the only artist to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in each of the past six decades. Recognized for having brought the sense of female autonomy and self-actualization into the entertainment industry Cher is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in various areas of entertainment as well as for continuously reinventing both her music and image. Goldmine magazine's Phill Marder described her as the leader of an effort in the 1960s to "advance feminine rebellion in the rock world [and] the prototype of the female rock star setting the standard for appearance [and] attitude".