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.
BETH DITTOI knew that if I wanted to stop being a pushover I had to get comfortable with small rejections myself. That took some work, but because of it I can now say no to other people with a clear conscience.
More Beth Ditto Quotes
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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.
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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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We have to stop this idea that we have to be a certain shape.
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I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself.
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As with most phobias, the fear of flying does make some sense, but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all, life is short, and there’s a great big world to explore out there.
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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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When I moved out of my mom’s house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else.
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Sometimes love can mean letting go and loving each other from a distance. Maybe that’s what you’re feeling?
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Do I ever think Gossip will be really massive in America? No, I don’t think it’ll happen – and that’s fine. It’s kind of nice because I get to experience everything at once. I get to come home and it not be weird, like in Paris or something. It is nice to be completely anonymous.
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I have a very good relationship with myself. My favourite quote is, “What you think about me is none of my business.”
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My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose. Smaller than a chicken, bigger than a rat.
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I hate to do what I’m told, that’s why I’m not good at 9-to-5s.
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When you see a fantastic colour or cut in a magazine, perched up on some famous so-and-so’s head, it’s tempting to ask your stylist for the same, but DO NOT BE FOOLED. The hair in those fancy photos can be very high maintenance.
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I’ve had a ton of fast-food jobs – it changes your approach to human interaction forever.
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I love Adele so much and it’s honestly not because we’re both big.
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