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.
TRIXIE MATTELI’m very business-minded. I think that’s something that sets me aside from other drag queens.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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I don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.
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Drag will always find a way to be weird.
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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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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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Whatever is underneath all the drag, it actually doesn’t really matter. It kind of just matters, are you a great entertainer? And are you nice to work with? Are you good at your job?
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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 hate drag. It’s extremely uncomfortable. It’s awful. I’m in a full corset and pads and giant wigs.
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I’ve always said drag queens are like Swiss Army knives. Most come from having to take $50-a-show pay and doing their own costume, wig, music and jokes.
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I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.
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Some people say that ‘Drag Race’ is about glory and immortalizing yourself in the Hall of Fame. For me, it’s about shaking RuPaul down for her money.
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As drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time.
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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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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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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 love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites.
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