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Someone told me once that Lucinda Williams takes six years between albums, and that's what stuck to me it's like, you really are a factory. You don't do things to make them, on your own time.
Beth Ditto
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Beth Ditto
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: February 19
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My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didn't stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didn't have his blood.
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My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose. Smaller than a chicken, bigger than a rat.
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This is how I feel about everything that's out of your control: once you make a record, it's not yours anymore. There's nothing you can do. It's the way I feel about political movements - both of those things grow on their own.
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There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.
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Why wear pants when you can wear a muumuu?
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I'm not sure that I am able to feel embarrassment.
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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.
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