United Kingdom, Oct. 18 -- Cyndi Lauper has revealed she was expelled from Catholic school twice as a child.

The 72-year-old singer says her "political differences" with the nuns got her into trouble long before she became a pop icon.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer Cyndi opened up about her early school experiences during a conversation with singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams, for Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians feature.

Discussing her difficulties with reading and songwriting, she said: "Listen, I can't even read a regular book without a piece of white paper underneath every line. I don't know if that's because I got hit in the head with a lot of erasers. I have no idea."

Cyndi added: "I went to Catholic school, but we had a ...