“All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear. For a minute I had fear. Then I went into the dressing room and shot my fear in the face.”

Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you come from, or how much money you’ve got in your pocket. You have your own destiny and your own life ahead of you.

You really don’t need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

Don’t be a drag be a queen.

So basically I did this whole show carrying 100lbs, looking out of one eye, dancing – and then my tits explode at the end. It’s not as easy as it looks!

Once you kill a cow, you gotta make a burger

Its okay to be sad. I’ve been trained to love my darkness

I’m a little bit naked, but that’s okay.

I want to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can create their own space in the world

People will always talk, so lets give them somethin’ to talk about

Sometimes in life you don’t always feel like a winner, but that doesn’t mean you’re not a winner.

Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.

Well my music was different in high school; I was singing about love—you know, things I don’t care about anymore.

My fashion is part of who I am, and though I was not born with these clothes on, I was born this way.

Art perpetuates beauty. Beauty is a symptom of the force that is nature. You are a force of nature, I love you.

Glam culture is ultimately rooted in obsession, and those of us who are truly devoted and loyal to the lifestyle of glamour are masters of its history. Or, to put it more elegantly, we are librarians.

Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.

Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.

Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

There is nothing more powerful as attitude.

When I’m walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner, there is something wonderful waiting for me. That’s my attitude.

Stop proving yourself to people who don’t believe in you. You are a human, not theorem.

Attitude creates your world and designs your destiny.

No amount of training in leadership skills, courses in management methods, power titles, promotions, or associations can substitute for the right attitudes.