Beth Ditto Quotes

I feel like in a lot of ways I can relate to the fans, just being a fan of music myself.

Sometimes you get so jaded, you don't have those initial connections and emotions with music, because you are promoting your own.

In some ways, I feel like I was Nirvana's biggest fan in the Nineties. I'm sure there are a zillion people who would make that claim, but I was just so passionately in love with the music that it made me feel sick. It made my heart hurt.

Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.

Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.

Metal fans have a connection. There is something there; just like the wrestling world, they are die hard about wrestling, and it's that passion that makes you enjoy what you do. That is why I go to metal shows; you watch these dudes on stage just shredding and letting loose. You can't help but love it.

I'm done losing weight, I feel great, and I love looking like a woman. I love being curvy and having boobs and hips. It's hot. I don't ever want to be size zero.

If it's music, I love it.

Both of my books, 'Love Is a Mix Tape' and 'Talking to Girls About Duran Duran,' are about how music gets tangled up with all our other emotional memories. Since I'm an obsessive music fan, I'm always seeking out new sonic thrills.

I don't know if I've ever screamed or cried for a band.

I am still into the people I listened to growing up, so I completely remember what is like to be a fan, I haven't changed.

Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.

The common denominator is a love of music.

I respect music, I do. I love it.

I still love music - that's never gonna go away.

I am happy that women can relate to my songs, and hopefully men can too.

Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person. That's the only way I can find an explanation for why 55,000 people would want to come see me sing.

Marilyn Monroe was supposedly a size 16, which is probably why I love her style; it suits me better.

I've been in love with music since I was old enough to establish my taste.

I've been a music fan all my life, and you know the difference when the musicians care.

I feel like a lot of people can relate to my music.

I'm like, 'Eminem knows who I am? Eminem watches 'First Take?' That's love.' I've been a fan of his for years, for his music.

I remember trying so hard to get into Bon Iver. I'd lie in bed listening with my eyes screwed up, like, 'This is just depressing me.'

To be honest, I'm always really interested when people say they can relate to our songs. On the first album, that wasn't something I'd ever anticipated or thought about.

I'm massively obsessed with Frank Ocean, so it's always great when he decides to release music.