Beth Ditto Quotes

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Beth Ditto

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 19, 1981

I think that for the five-year-old watching MTV right now, Lady Gaga is going to be an iconic person. In 20 years, the people who are here and talking to journalists will be like, 'Oh Lady Gaga changed my life, Nicki Minaj changed my life.' They'll be saying who influenced them and it will be Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, artists like that.

Beth Ditto

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.

Beth Ditto

I've belched a lot more since I had gall bladder surgery. I don't know why.

Beth Ditto

You know, either I'm too fat or I'm flavour of the month. I don't feel either, but maybe I'm both, who knows?

Beth Ditto

I was always being told off at school. The teachers would say: 'Everyone's talking, but you're the one I can hear.'

Beth Ditto

All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds.

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I'm 90% performer, 10% musician. I've always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to.

Beth Ditto

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. We've always wanted to do a live album because personally, I think we're a way better band live than on record.

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You know how people love to glamorize poverty? There's nothing glamorous about it. But it did make me really creative. Those days, I was literally taking t-shirts in the day and sewing them back together to make dresses for the night.

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ABBA was a direct influence on me.

Beth Ditto

Why wear pants when you can wear a muumuu?

Beth Ditto