“All I ever wanted was a mother who paid attention to me. She didn't want girls. She thought we were trouble. She didn't help with homework or teach me to sew or cook. She didn't go to the school plays I was in or go to my high school graduation. When I started menstruating at 13, I thought I was dyi…”— Bettie Page, latimesblogs.latimes.comTagged: menstruation, mothers, gender roles
“I don't know what they mean by an icon. I never thought of myself as being that. It seems strange to me. I was just modeling, thinking of as many different poses as possible. I made more money modeling than being a secretary. I had a lot of free time. You could go back to work after an absence of a…”— Bettie Page, latimesblogs.latimes.comTagged: Modeling, Money
“Six weeks into the marriage, on New Year's Eve 1959, I wanted to go dancing with him at a nightclub. He said he'd rather get drunk with his brothers.”— Bettie Page, latimesblogs.latimes.comTagged: New Year's Eve, Drinking, Dancing
“Young women say I helped them come out of their shells, and 13 rock groups have written songs about me. One song has these lyrics all the way through, ‘I love Bettie Page. I love Bettie Page. I love Bettie Page.’”— Bettie Page, latimesblogs.latimes.comTagged: Rock Groups, Young Women, Music
“My mother nearly murdered me over that, then made me live with my father. So I couldn't review my exam notes, which were at home. Because of that, I got beat out of graduating valedictorian by a quarter of a grade point and lost my dream of getting a scholarship to attend Vanderbilt University. It w…”— Bettie Page, latimesblogs.latimes.comTagged: Murder, mother, Valedictorian, Vanderbilt University, Disappointment
“Being in the nude isn't a disgrace unless you're being promiscuous about it. After all, when God created Adam and Eve, they were stark naked. And in the Garden of Eden, God was probably naked as a jaybird too!”— Bettie Page, latimesblogs.latimes.comTagged: Nudity, God, Adam And Eve, Garden of Eden