My grandpa was a country singer, and I started learning guitar from him, just at the kitchen table when I was younger, and I got really into it.
TRIXIE MATTELSome 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.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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 expect a lot of people who love drag to also be like, ‘I love ‘Drag Race,’ and then I got to hear my Chris Stapleton album.’ Not necessarily an obvious crossover.
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I’m not a competitor by nature, and I’m certainly not used to being evaluated.
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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 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 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.
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I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.
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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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Bad things can happen to you, but it doesn’t mean you have to have regrets. It’s all about what you do with it.
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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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That’s something I like about drag – I get to do everything. Collaborative arts are hard for me because I don’t really like to relinquish control.
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I love my life so much. I wouldn’t change anything.
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I love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites.
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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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When I’m in drag, I don’t always want to be spoken to, but I love being looked at. Nobody puts that much work into how they look to be ignored.
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