Its really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like Hey, how do you feel about making music together? because maybe Im afraid of rejection or I dont want to put anybody out. Its the Southerner in me, like, I dont mean to bother you but do you mind making a song? – Beth Ditto
Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way. – Beth Ditto
Ive never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didnt work out. And I listened to a lot of soul music when I was growing up on my own accord. But I was mostly into Mama Cass and Gladys Knight, and they all had big voices too just different than mine. – Beth Ditto
For my group of friends is Lady Gaga eye-opening? No. Shes a less dangerous version of what was so cool about pop culture in the 80s. Back then it was so gay and so punk in so many ways. – Beth Ditto
Buying something on sale is a very special feeling. In fact, the less I pay for something, the more it is worth to me. I have a dress that I paid so little for that I am afraid to wear it. I could spill something on it, and then how would I replace it for that amount of money? – Rita Rudner