You live in this shadow that youre going to burn in Hell until youre saved. And I still worry about it a little. I dont believe in Heaven, but I do still fear Hell. – Beth Ditto
I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. Youre constantly learning how to be confident, arent you? – Beth Ditto
I dont feel famous and I didnt want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story. – Beth Ditto
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
I say lets go back to a truer use of the word freedom. Lets start with President Franklin Roosevelts Four Freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. I would add the freedom to bargain collectively. Those freedoms are under attack today. – Richard Trumka