“When I’m in drag, I don’t always want to be spoken to, but I love being looked at. Nobody puts that much work into how they look to be ignored.”

I don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.

Katya is literally my flesh and blood. Best friend status.

My look and my character come from my experiences as a child. I wasn’t allowed to have girl toys, and I grew up poor. I also had a rough relationship with my stepdad.

I hate drag. It’s extremely uncomfortable. It’s awful. I’m in a full corset and pads and giant wigs.

Katya and I, as a yin and a yang, we pretty much represent the entire, full gambit of talent, you know? Together, there’s not really much we can’t do.

I love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites.

I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.

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.

One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.

Drag will always find a way to be weird.

I’m strange! I have a weird sense of humor! I look crazy!

I don’t really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I’m like an old person.

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.

Most drag queens, they put on music like it’s a costume. It’s not in their bones. It’s not in their background.

I guess I just believe in Trixie Mattel, and I believe in the work. I don’t think I’m better than anybody else, but I really think that I’m hilarious and beautiful.

I don’t think gay guys are in touch with how many fabulous divas we have that actually play their own instruments and write their own music, too.

I know the way you can get / When you have not had a drink of Love: / Your face hardens, / Your sweet muscles cramp. / Children become concerned / About a strange look that appears in your eyes / Which even begins to worry your own mirror / And nose.

People are beautifully made just like flowers in the garden!

Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.

The Christians’ god has got a human form.

Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.

Never let a day pass without looking for the good, feeling the good within you, praising, appreciating, blessing, and being grateful. Make it your life commitment, and you will stand in utter awe of what happens in your life.

All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can’t design anything without thinking of how a woman’s body will look and move when she’s wearing it.

Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.