My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources - the less you have, the more stylish you're likely to be.
Beth DittoI've had a ton of fast-food jobs - it changes your approach to human interaction forever.
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 DittoGirls are taught to sing high and pretty, like Antony, not low and from the guts like Nina Simone. But we're slowly trying to change that. There are so many things we're not told growing up, and it's our true feminist responsibility to take the truth to the people who need to hear it.
Beth DittoI don't get mad with people, like, 'Oh, but that's not what the song was about...' It's also nice to know that people are mindlessly dancing to a song about the US Government's stance on same-sex marriages... especially straight jocks. I love that idea. I think that's the beauty of music - it's different for everybody.
Beth Ditto