Out of drag, I’m a white guy with a guitar, which isn’t special. There are a million white guys with guitars. But being a drag queen with a guitar is a lot more commanding.
TRIXIE MATTELI don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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Mental health and sobriety is not a straight line, and ‘Drag Race’ is a family, and we support our family members through anything.
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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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I remember seeing RuPaul in ‘The Brady Bunch Movie,’ when she says to Jan, ‘Girl, you better work.’ And I froze it in my mind forever.
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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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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.
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The best way to create emotional or spiritual distance between me and another person is for them to come up to me and go, ‘yaassssss.’
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I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.
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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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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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I’m very business-minded. I think that’s something that sets me aside from other drag queens.
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I don’t really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I’m like an old person.
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I have definitely had guys walk up to me, put their arm around me, and when they walk away, my shoulder smells like taco meat.
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I plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities.
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I’m an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best.
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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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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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Drag will always find a way to be weird.
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I’m not a competitor by nature, and I’m certainly not used to being evaluated.
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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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Trixie Mattel is a product of bad things that happened to me, and it’s how I deal with things. It’s wonderful.
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I’m not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.
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Katya is literally my flesh and blood. Best friend status.
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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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My favorite drag queens are Tammie Brown and Katya, so I like my drag queens a little left of sanity.
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I’m strange! I have a weird sense of humor! I look crazy!
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