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Beth Ditto

(1981) Singer United States

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Beth Ditto remembers being saved by the Holy Ghost as a child, feeling intense joy and a loud voice that never got quieter. She talks about growing up with soul music, a love for perfume, and learning early that rejection is part of life, especially after puberty hit like a hurricane. She also notes that true love means accepting raw, difficult feelings.

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Beth Ditto is a singer from the United States, best known for Coal to diamonds.

Quick Facts About Beth Ditto

Born: February 19, 1981
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer
Notable works: Coal to diamonds

About Beth Ditto

Her powerful voice has been compared to singers like Etta James, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner. After Gossip broke up, she pursued a career in fashion and later began a solo music career. In 2022 she played country singer Gigi Roman on the Fox drama series Monarch. Two years later the band Gossip got back together. Throughout her career she has also worked as a radio presenter.

Quotes by Beth Ditto

I'm shameless, and I love a pun. There's a lot of Beth puns.

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I'm not sure that I am able to feel embarrassment.

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We have to stop this idea that we have to be a certain shape.

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I never said I wanted to be a singer for the rest of my life.

Life

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ABBA was a direct influence on me.

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I love Adele so much and it's honestly not because we're both big.

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A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.

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Why wear pants when you can wear a muumuu?

Fashion

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Life is not about creating an unreal existence. People should be challenged to find something cool about the mundane.

Creativity

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I'm passionate about color. My best friend and I sit and look at Pantone books for fun.

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I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself.

Control

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I don't have a good attention span and can't spend long in record stores or video shops or games emporiums without getting…

Attention

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I love to make people feel like they are taking a part in their own body and evolution.

Biology

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I'm like cheddar: Yes, other cheeses are more ooh la la, but I'm strong, mature, and oh so delicious.

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Instagram is a Roman arena of insults. Everyone is a lion, but it is fun.

Fun

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I think if the world were a fair and just place, there wouldn't even need to be a gay label.

Fair

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Products are a must - full stop. I'm sorry to say it, but that bob won't look so sleek on its own…

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I'm constantly thinking about what I'll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is…

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You live in this shadow that you're going to burn in Hell until you're saved. And I still worry about it a…

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I said to my teacher, 'I can't be a singer because I'm not pretty enough, and I'm fat.' And she looked at…

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I knew that if I wanted to stop being a pushover I had to get comfortable with small rejections myself. That took…

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We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept…

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I find inspiration everywhere. I love challenges and my favorite thing is to find something ridiculous and be like "if it's all…

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I just like food too much, and I don't want to change. I spent so much of childhood trying to change, and…

Change

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It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about making music together?' because…

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I have a lot of feminist idols. My favorite thing about growing up in Arkansas - well, not favorite but something I've…

Arkansas

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I think that for the five-year-old watching MTV right now, Lady Gaga is going to be an iconic person. In 20 years,…

Artist

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We were a small group of weirdos and baby punks and gays and free spirits who had to use our imaginations a…

Aesthetic

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“Don’t hang out with people who don’t love you. Don’t try to impress people who aren’t worth it. Don’t try to win…

Focus on yourself

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I always think that people think that women in music are always angry. I'm not angry. Rock 'n' roll music made by…

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For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning…

Adulthood

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I was born to be married. I just feel comfortable there. I love the idea of being partnered for ever. I love…

Being married

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I grew up with the motto of "they can't kill you and eat you," and I still think that's right. You sure…

Baby

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We had so many milestones in America. We were on our way to universal healthcare. We had gay marriage. We were talking…

Gay

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I know what I want! And I just go for it.

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I support love any healthy way you can get it.

Health

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I don't love the word luxury because it feels Bougy to me.

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I hate to do what I'm told, that's why I'm not good at 9-to-5s.

Hate

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“Who cares? Jeri, who is fat, said. What makes somebody “too fat”? Why does it have to be like that?”

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All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds.

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