A few years back, when my style was punk grandma, I picked up an amazing pair of sandals – orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles. Ive given them away to a friend now, because these days my look is more 1980s substitute teacher gone wild. – Beth Ditto
Get a Job is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done. – 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
Do I ever think Gossip will be really massive in America? No, I dont think itll happen – and thats fine. Its kind of nice because I get to experience everything at once. I get to come home and it not be weird, like in Paris or something. It is nice to be completely anonymous. – Beth Ditto
If you love dance and you have the gift of teaching, teaching is super amazing and important because my teachers planted that seed in me. As a teacher you understand the difference or the definition of a Baryshnikov or a Gregory Hines, so teaching is really important and very necessary. – Laurieann Gibson
I feel like Im really blessed and lucky that I have a very good social life outside of the gym, and I have a really amazing family. My parents are so supportive. I have a younger brother and two younger sisters, and theyre really awesome. So I feel like I get the best of both worlds. – Aly Raisman