I have been 130 lbs. as well as 215 lbs. I have had blond, strawberry blond, green, pink and purple hair, and none of that has ever exempted me from ….

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

I said to my teacher, 'I can't be a singer because I'm not pretty enough, and I'm fat.' And she looked at me and said, 'Tell that to Nell Carter, bab….

All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds..

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….

I worshipped Ethel Merman and I worshipped Ethel Merman a lot. It's incredible - Ethel Merman was a conventional singer. Her naming her child Ethel M….

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 fl….

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 pe….

Granny Ditto always referred to perfume as "smell good" and for me it's an essential. I have a sweetheart who's extremely allergic to most scents, so….

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

I love Vivienne Westwood. Her work is so interesting, you can always find something that's great and fits you..

Life is not about creating an unreal existence. People should be challenged to find something cool about the mundane..

I think from a major-label perspective, if you were on the flip side of things and that's the world you were used to working in, your interpretation ….

I wish I could open a piece of my brain and you could see into my memories..

I'm shameless, and I love a pun. There's a lot of Beth puns..

There is no rule in the pink-triangle guide to coming out that you must wear a rainbow flag cap and organise a full band parade..

Instagram is a Roman arena of insults. Everyone is a lion, but it is fun..

The plus-size revolution that has been happening lately is incredible but it's also creating this "other" beauty standard in which you have to be an ….

We had so many milestones in America. We were on our way to universal healthcare. We had gay marriage. We were talking about gender fluidity and tran….

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 b….

I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for fashion and style. They were p….