I worshipped Ethel Merman and I worshipped Ethel Merman a lot. It’s incredible – Ethel Merman was a conventional singer. Her naming her child Ethel Merman, Jr., was, to me, one of the coolest feminist things.
BETH DITTOGet a Job’ is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.
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Instagram is a Roman arena of insults. Everyone is a lion, but it is fun.
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I always was really confident about myself, about my voice, myself as a person, my body, all of those things, but as a songwriter – I just didn’t identify as a songwriter at all.
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Why wear pants when you can wear a muumuu?
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I’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.
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I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for fashion and style. They were passions I kept secret because I didn’t understand I could love clothes and hair and makeup and still like girls.
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A weird thing about Gossip that I’ve always said: “If I weren’t in this band, I would never listen to it.” But I would go see it. It’s a band you would go see that you don’t necessarily listen to.
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I’m like cheddar: Yes, other cheeses are more ooh la la, but I’m strong, mature, and oh so delicious.
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You’re talking about a major label, we’re talking about serious business; you’re not an artist anymore, you’re a business, you have to work in terms of product, you have to release a product, and I don’t really think that way at all.
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The shape is the most important to me because it is what really matters and what’s really missing in the market. Anything else is easier.
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I don’t have a good attention span and can’t spend long in record stores or video shops or games emporiums without getting grumpy.
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If you have a therapist who agrees with your every word, then your brain isn’t getting proper exercise.
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I never went to college and I was raised in Arkansas so there wasn’t a lot of academic language being thrown around my house.
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Because I didn’t have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn’t hand us enough variety to choose from.
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There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.
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I’ve belched a lot more since I had gall bladder surgery. I don’t know why.
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