I said to my teacher, ‘I can’t be a singer because I’m not pretty enough, and I’m fat.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Tell that to Nell Carter, babe.’ That changed my life forever!
BETH DITTOI think if the world were a fair and just place, there wouldn’t even need to be a gay label.
More Beth Ditto Quotes
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Why wear pants when you can wear a muumuu?
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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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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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I work really well under pressure but I really hate doing things on a timeframe.
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I love to make people feel like they are taking a part in their own body and evolution.
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I’m constantly thinking about what I’ll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don’t know, because it’s not in your hands, you don’t make the decision.
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With a stretch belt, anything can be a dress – a dinner napkin, a tablecloth, even a towel. Just wrap and snap, and away you go in an incredible outfit. Another plus is that the belt will pull all eyes to your lovely curves, and they even look good around a coat or a jacket.
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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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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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I support love any healthy way you can get it.
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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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Barack Obama was amazing, but he wasn’t perfect. We all know that. He was the closest thing to perfect America’s ever had. We were basking in the glow. We forgot that there’s always going to be a backlash within a movement every time.
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I’m a great believer in karma and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.
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I never said I wanted to be a singer for the rest of my life.
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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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