Quote by Beth Ditto
Girls are taught to sing high and pretty, like Antony, not low and

Girls are taught to sing high and pretty, like Antony, not low and from the guts like Nina Simone. But were slowly trying to change that. There are so many things were not told growing up, and its our true feminist responsibility to take the truth to the people who need to hear it. – Beth Ditto

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Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music – well, still not knowing how to play music. – Beth Ditto

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Ive had people ask me in interviews what its like to have money, but thats not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW. – Beth Ditto

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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 didnt understand I could love clothes and hair and makeup and still like girls. – Beth Ditto

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