If you have a therapist who agrees with your every word, then your brain isn’t getting proper exercise.
BETH DITTOIf you have a therapist who agrees with your every word, then your brain isn’t getting proper exercise.
BETH DITTOSomeone told me once that Lucinda Williams takes six years between albums, and that’s what stuck to me; it’s like, you really are a factory. You don’t do things to make them, on your own time.
BETH DITTOEven if you’re only wearing trainers and a vest, eyeliner will instantly transform you. People always look put-together when their make-up’s on and their eyes are popping – just ask Amy Winehouse!
BETH DITTOI’m a feminist, of course, and I feel as if I’m very politically correct, although I do question what’s PC and what’s not – I don’t just accept what I’m told.
BETH DITTOWe weren’t idiots, but I didn’t have that access to academic feminism. I had to realize, on my own, that feminism is not just about how far ahead you can get in a job and it isn’t about not wearing makeup. It isn’t about not watching your waistline. I had to recreate the world entirely.
BETH DITTOInstagram is a Roman arena of insults. Everyone is a lion, but it is fun.
BETH DITTOGirls are taught to sing high and pretty, like Antony, not low and from the guts like Nina Simone. But we’re slowly trying to change that. There are so many things we’re not told growing up, and it’s our true feminist responsibility to take the truth to the people who need to hear it.
BETH DITTOI wish I could open a piece of my brain and you could see into my memories.
BETH DITTOThis archaic idea – that a woman who is unmarried and childless at 30 is somehow unnatural – will probably always exist, and, like most social standards, it is ridiculous.
BETH DITTOI hate to do what I’m told, that’s why I’m not good at 9-to-5s.
BETH DITTOI have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself.
BETH DITTOProducts are a must – full stop. I’m sorry to say it, but that bob won’t look so sleek on its own – you need a little help. It doesn’t have to be the high-end stuff that they sell in the salon. Products you find in the supermarket are just as good, and sometimes better.
BETH DITTOI love Vivienne Westwood. Her work is so interesting, you can always find something that’s great and fits you.
BETH DITTOWe have to stop this idea that we have to be a certain shape.
BETH DITTOWhen you get a certain amount of media attention, I think people are like, “Where’s your other album?”
BETH DITTOI have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You’re constantly learning how to be confident, aren’t you?
BETH DITTO