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
When I moved out of my moms house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else. – Beth Ditto
When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when Id come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldnt afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier. – Beth Ditto
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