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.
BETH DITTOI have learned so much making first collection that I am excited to use all of it towards making the next one even better! It’s been an amazing learning curve and experience.
More Beth Ditto Quotes
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Someone 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.
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Products 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.
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I have learned so much making first collection that I am excited to use all of it towards making the next one even better! It’s been an amazing learning curve and experience.
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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 love Vivienne Westwood. Her work is so interesting, you can always find something that’s great and fits you.
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When I think about the idea of Rebel Wilson having to go to the Oscars and not having something amazing to wear that’s made for her, it drives me mad.
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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 get a certain amount of media attention, I think people are like, “Where’s your other album?”
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I can take care of a house, and some people I meet, I think, ‘You don’t even know how to make a bed.
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Just like my straight friends, I am repeatedly asked when I plan to have kids, and have been told many times, by various branches of my bloodline, that “even lesbians can have babies these days.”
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I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.
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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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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’m like cheddar: Yes, other cheeses are more ooh la la, but I’m strong, mature, and oh so delicious.
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True love is about being able to accept raw emotions, no matter how difficult.
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