I don’t really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I’m like an old person.
TRIXIE MATTELI 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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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 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 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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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’m an artist who happens to be in drag. And I think that’s why my drag is a little different.
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Something that I love about drag is that it’s a celebration of feminity.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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I was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever.
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People are slowly realizing that they’re looking at drag all the time. ‘Mrs. Doubtfire.’ ‘Real Housewives.’ Peewee Herman. Don’t let calling it drag make you uncomfortable.
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