I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for fashion and style. They were passions I kept secret because I didn't understand I could love clothes and hair and makeup and still like girls.
Beth DittoWhen I moved out of my mom's house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else.
Beth DittoI think if the world were a fair and just place, there wouldn't even need to be a gay label.
Beth DittoI 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 Ditto