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I’ve had people ask me in interviews what it’s like to have money, but that’s not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.

Beth Ditto

I can take care of a house, and some people I meet, I think, ‘You don’t even know how to make a bed.
BETH DITTO

House People Thinking
There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.
BETH DITTO

Bitter Charming Shame
I’m passionate about color. My best friend and I sit and look at Pantone books for fun.
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Book Friendship Fun
I never said I wanted to be a singer for the rest of my life.
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Said Singers Wanted
I find inspiration everywhere. I love challenges and my favorite thing is to find something ridiculous and be like “if it’s all that I have available to me, I am gonna make it look the best that I can”.
BETH DITTO

Challenges Favorites Inspiration Things
I 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?
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Important People Thinking
I love Vivienne Westwood. Her work is so interesting, you can always find something that’s great and fits you.
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Fit Interesting Love
Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it.
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Grow Up Kids Rejection
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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Albums Six Years
This is how I feel about everything that’s out of your control: once you make a record, it’s not yours anymore. There’s nothing you can do. It’s the way I feel about political movements – both of those things grow on their own.
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Grow Movement Political
I have been 130 lbs. as well as 215 lbs. I have had blond, strawberry blond, green, pink and purple hair, and none of that has ever exempted me from having lewd comments flung at me in the street.
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Green Hair Purple
I hate to do what I’m told, that’s why I’m not good at 9-to-5s.
BETH DITTO

Good Hate Told
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.
BETH DITTO

Important Missing Shape
I love to make people feel like they are taking a part in their own body and evolution.
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Body Evolution People
I’ve had a ton of fast-food jobs – it changes your approach to human interaction forever.
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Fast Food Forever Jobs
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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Favourite Good Relationships Thinking

I’ve had people ask me in interviews what it’s like to have money, but that’s not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW.

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