Beth Ditto Quotes

I was lucky I went to school in London because the tutors could see what to do. I knew I wanted to do something different. Why would I want to do what other people were already doing, because they would always do it better? I always wanted to work around the body. So throughout my college years, my work was quite free.

For six years, I was really on my own and did not have a coach.

I don't really try to pattern myself after any particular person. I pretty much make it up as I go along.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.

Follow your own star!

One actor in my life is enough, and that's me. With actors, it's too easy to go into this world of complaining. Someone will always be better, richer, more loved, do more work. Those dynamics don't interest me. The friends I hang out with, we create our own work rather than complain about acting.

My life and career is my own adventure.

I don't think anyone would disagree with this: You are self-directed in daytime, and that's it. So come with it, and bring it on the first take.

I quickly realized I had to have my own style and strategy and find my own way.

Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come.

I couldn't play ball. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write. By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me.

The only real inspiration or muse that I have is just the life that I live.

Follow your own path.

I am not inspired by anyone. I don't have any idol. I just follow the people around me and try and learn a few things.

I ain't going at nobody else pace.

I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.

Then if he's sore with me, let him dump my ass. That will just give me more time to be a genius.

I find my inspiration in myself.

Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.

I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that.

I'm not a freak. I'm not really crazy or anything. I don't think I'm really abnormal. It's just, like anybody else, I have interests I cultivate, and one of my interests is not getting too used to things. I've sacrificed a lot of things in my life in order to keep that sense of things being unfamiliar.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

I'm not goal-oriented so much as I'm constantly aware of what I'm passionate about, and I'm constantly updating the list. I envision many possible futures for myself where I could be happy, so I just try to keep my passions alive.