Cher recalls being 'down and out,' not able to find a job while honored with iHeartRadio icon award
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Cher recalled being "down-and-out so many times" throughout her career while accepting an icon award. The "Believe" singer explained she was once dropped from record companies.
"I want to tell you this because I don't usually talk about it, but I have been down-and-out so many times that you can not believe it – dropped from record companies and couldn't get a job," Cher said while accepting the award. "And at that time I went to Las Vegas, which they called the Elephant's Graveyard, and I had a huge show."
"And they just said, 'oh God, she's so over,'" she continued. "But, I never gave up my dream. And standing on this stage … I love standing on the stage. And this is kind of my dream. And I stand there, and the music plays, and all of a sudden, out of my body comes this voice. And people seem to like it."