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I’ve always said drag queens are like Swiss Army knives. Most come from having to take $50-a-show pay and doing their own costume, wig, music and jokes.

Trixie Mattel

One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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Myself Oneself Reward
I love that drag is a way for people to vacation in the gay nightlife, but… it’s quite a different experience to perform for a gay audience than a straight audience.
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Audience Different Drag Experience Love Myself People Straight Vacation
I always tell my mom that if she would have just bought me a Barbie when I was little, I would have gone into real estate.
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Business Buy Mom Myself Price Reality Toy
I listened to a lot of what my grandparents listened to: George Jones, Johnny Cash – a lot of old country singers. Patsy Cline.
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Country Listening Music Myself Parents Sing
Something that I love about drag is that it’s a celebration of feminity.
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Celebration Drag Feminine Love Myself Woman
Some people say that ‘Drag Race’ is about glory and immortalizing yourself in the Hall of Fame. For me, it’s about shaking RuPaul down for her money.
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Fame Glory Herself Immortal Money Myself People
I hate drag. It’s extremely uncomfortable. It’s awful. I’m in a full corset and pads and giant wigs.
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Clothes Comfortable Drag Fashion Hate Myself
People on a daily basis walk up to me, panic, and tell me something extremely graphic and violent about their life.
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Life Myself People Violence Walk
That’s something I like about drag – I get to do everything. Collaborative arts are hard for me because I don’t really like to relinquish control.
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Art Control Drag Hard Myself
I live in reality, and I know at any moment I could stop getting the phone calls and nobody wants to hear me sing or tell jokes anymore.
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Live Moments Myself Phone Reality Sing Stop
Bad things can happen to you, but it doesn’t mean you have to have regrets. It’s all about what you do with it.
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Bad Hard Time Regret Trouble Yourself
I was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever.
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Children Family Forever Myself Poor Stay
I remember being obsessed with Christina Aguilera’s ‘Stripped.’ That was her peak, and she is such an amazing singer. Plus, I was a little gay boy, and the music video for ‘Beautiful’ existed, so obviously I was affected.
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Existence Music Myself Obsession Remember Sing
People are slowly realizing that they’re looking at drag all the time. ‘Mrs. Doubtfire.’ ‘Real Housewives.’ Peewee Herman. Don’t let calling it drag make you uncomfortable.
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Comfortable People Recognition Slow Yourself
I don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.
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Fashion Myself Woman
In the real world, people go against my beliefs all the time, and I don’t make it my place to – like, I’m not super confrontational.
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Belief Myself Place Reality Time World

I’ve always said drag queens are like Swiss Army knives. Most come from having to take $50-a-show pay and doing their own costume, wig, music and jokes.

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I’ve always said drag queens are like Swiss Army knives. Most come from having to take $50-a-show pay and doing their own costume, wig, music and jokes.

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