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" My life hasn't been conventional and it hasn't been linear. I've had to make it up as I've gone along, which has taught me a lot. If you don't accept the obvious options that are laid out for you, it's up to you to work out where you're going and to create your own specific rules and goals. "

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" I feel sorry... for people who've had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them. I have had a lifetime to adjust to seeing how people treat women who aren't their idea of beautiful and therefore aren't their idea of useful, and I had to find ways to become useful to myself. "

Beth Ditto

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Myself

" In moments when I question if I should be having kids, I think of all those phone calls from my sister-in-law, in which, 3,000 miles away, I hear my nephews screaming for her attention. I tell her I have to go because I am packing to leave for Europe, and her tone flatlines: 'That must be nice.' "

" With a stretch belt, anything can be a dress - a dinner napkin, a tablecloth, even a towel. Just wrap and snap, and away you go in an incredible outfit. Another plus is that the belt will pull all eyes to your lovely curves, and they even look good around a coat or a jacket. "

" I've had a ton of fast-food jobs - it changes your approach to human interaction forever. "

" My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose. Smaller than a chicken, bigger than a rat. "

" Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it. "

" I think it's really cool that there are people like Adele on the cover of 'Vogue' and 'Rolling Stone,' and like I think it's really important that people are talking about your body, because if they don't, then you'll never be able to break that barrier. "

" When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours, bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisand's flawless eyeliner, only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish bisexual teen. "

" I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad. "

" There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once. "

Beth Ditto

Warm

You

" I believe I owe all the best parts of my adulthood to embracing my imperfections and showcasing them. "

" I was overcome by the Holy Ghost one time, but in a Baptist way. I was six or seven, and I was saved. I just cried and cried. It was joy! "

" There is something to be said for people who have to work hard, be creative, produce what they have with little - or no - means. Those of us from poor homes have the advantage of thinking for ourselves and of knowing that when times get hard, things could always be worse. "

" I shave my body in all kinds of ways, wear tons of eyeliner and dye my hair pink. "

" My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources - the less you have, the more stylish you're likely to be. "

Beth Ditto

Stylish

Style

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

Beth Ditto

Beautiful

House

" I'm a great believer in karma, and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me. "

Beth Ditto

Mean

Enough

" Because I didn't have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn't hand us enough variety to choose from. "

Beth Ditto

Myself

Identity

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

" When I moved out of my mom's house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else. "

" I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you? "

Beth Ditto

Confidence

Learning

" Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film 'Funny Girl' at least five times, eat at least 45 chocolate bars, and hang out with all those friends you blew off to hang out with your ex. I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace. "

" I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money, but that's not how it is. I have a middle-class life. I have a room in London but not a house, nor a BMW. "

Beth Ditto

House

London

" I was born fat and have always been, which was just fine and even healthy and cute until I turned ten or so. Puberty hit like a hurricane and brought a new set of rules. All of a sudden it was my fault I was chubby. "