Beth Ditto Quotes About Punk

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  • Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music - well, still not knowing how to play music.

  • A few years back, when my style was "punk grandma", I picked up an amazing pair of sandals - orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles. I've given them away to a friend now, because these days my look is more "1980s substitute teacher gone wild."

    "The friendliest big little city in America" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2007.
  • Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene. The culture shock continued; Olympia had bagels! We didn't have bagels in Arkansas. You could order vegetarian food all over town! It was so crazy to me - a place with so many vegetarians, the restaurants made special dishes for them?

    Beth Ditto (2012). “Coal to Diamonds”, p.96, Simon and Schuster
  • We were a small group of weirdos and baby punks and gays and free spirits who had to use our imaginations a lot. We only saw pictures and read zines, so we could only interpret the aesthetic and message of punk scenes around the world. We were basically the duck-billed platypuses of punk.

    Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
  • For years now I have run a kitchen-sink punk salon in my house, called Salon du Gay. In the early days, people would pay for a riot grrrl bob or a passable bleach job with a mixtape, $3 or a selection of baked goods - whichever they could afford. More recently though, with Gossip doing well, I've performed these punk hair transformations for free.

    "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2008.
  • For my group of friends is Lady Gaga eye-opening? No. She's a less dangerous version of what was so cool about pop culture in the 80s. Back then it was so gay and so punk in so many ways.

    "In bed with Beth Ditto". Interview with Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2011.
  • Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters, and filmmakers can all meet like-minded souls. It's proved the perfect place for me and all my punk friends.

    "The friendliest big little city in America" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2007.
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Beth Ditto

  • Born: February 19, 1981
  • Occupation: Singer-songwriter