I 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.
BETH DITTOThe black bubble dress is a must! The leggings are absolutely amazing too, they fit perfectly and let you breath when still being super high-waisted. They are everything and so easy to pair anything with.
More Beth Ditto Quotes
-
-
ABBA was a direct influence on me.
BETH DITTO -
There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.
BETH DITTO -
I hate to do what I’m told, that’s why I’m not good at 9-to-5s.
BETH DITTO -
I love Adele so much and it’s honestly not because we’re both big.
BETH DITTO -
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.
BETH DITTO -
This archaic idea – that a woman who is unmarried and childless at 30 is somehow unnatural – will probably always exist, and, like most social standards, it is ridiculous.
BETH DITTO -
As a kid, I was always mad – just noticing the women at Thanksgiving, running around the kitchen, while the men were watching football. For one, I don’t want to cook, and for two, I hate football. I was stuck in the middle.
BETH DITTO -
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.
BETH DITTO -
When I was a kid Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O’Donnell were mere blips on the gaydar; and they were both still in the closet.
BETH DITTO -
Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredible Christian background, and where there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way.
BETH DITTO -
I’ve belched a lot more since I had gall bladder surgery. I don’t know why.
BETH DITTO -
I wish I could open a piece of my brain and you could see into my memories.
BETH DITTO -
Get 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.
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 -
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.
BETH DITTO