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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.

Trixie Mattel

I think being young and, like, 14, 15, you feel like a weirdo, and playing guitar with my grandpa in my grandma’s kitchen is probably my fondest memories I’ll ever have.
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I’m strange! I have a weird sense of humor! I look crazy!
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If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.
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I’m always myself. Always. The only difference is that I come off as mean out of drag.
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I never check my bank account. I know that sounds crazy. But I don’t know how much is in there. I never know how much is in there. I have an idea – I have a bottom line – but I never look because I always make believe there’s never anything in there.
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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.
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Dark comedy helped me survive.
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When I was on ‘Drag Race,’ it felt like a serious competition going on between drag queens and then Katya and I were also there.
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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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I didn’t start drag because I thought it would be a ticket to anything. I did it for my own narcissistic fulfillment. When I started selling records, going on tour, doing TV. I never expected any of it.
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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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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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For years, ‘Drag Race’ was gay people’s best kept secret. When I started doing drag, people didn’t know anything about it. Look at it now: it’s like it’s gone from black and white to IMAX.
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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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My grandpa was a country singer, and I started learning guitar from him, just at the kitchen table when I was younger, and I got really into it.
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One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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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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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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