I love my life so much. I wouldn’t change anything.
TRIXIE MATTELFor years, ‘Drag Race’ was gay people’s best kept secret. When I started doing drag, people didn’t know anything about it. Look at it now: it’s like it’s gone from black and white to IMAX.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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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One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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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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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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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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My look and my character come from my experiences as a child. I wasn’t allowed to have girl toys, and I grew up poor. I also had a rough relationship with my stepdad.
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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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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’m not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.
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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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Any time there is an economic downturn or political strife, lipstick sales skyrocket. If you have a hard day, it’s this $14 thing that lifts your day. I think drag has that same lipstick effect.
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Drag will always find a way to be weird.
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I love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites.
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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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