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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.

Trixie Mattel

As drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time.
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Artist Comedy Drag Listening People Time
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
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
I think the perception of audiences that love folk and country is they’re perceived to be more closed-minded than they really are.
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Audience Love Mindset Myself Perception Thinking
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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Expectation Fame Fulfill Myself Record Satisfaction Start
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
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’m very proud of my career. A lot of people get their career from the judges of ‘Drag Race’ saying they’re great. I had to go and build that reputation from the ground up.
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Build Career Greatness Judgement Myself People Proud Reputation
To me, drag is about doing whatever you want, and nobody says anything. And ‘Drag Race’ is about doing what you’re told and having it evaluated. I hate being judged.
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Drag Hate Judgement Myself
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’m like the Justin Bieber of the drag world.
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Attitude Drag Identity Myself Personality World
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
Most drag queens, they put on music like it’s a costume. It’s not in their bones. It’s not in their background.
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Bone Drag Music Personality
I love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites.
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Idol Love Myself
Something ‘Drag Race’ is really good at is portraying us as artists but also human beings. And normal human beings don’t know everything. They don’t have all the answers.
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Appearance Artist Goodness Human Performance
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

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