“If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.”

I’m not a competitor by nature, and I’m certainly not used to being evaluated.

People on a daily basis walk up to me, panic, and tell me something extremely graphic and violent about their life.

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.

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.

I’m an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best.

I always tell my mom that if she would have just bought me a Barbie when I was little, I would have gone into real estate.

Trixie Mattel is a product of bad things that happened to me, and it’s how I deal with things. It’s wonderful.

I remember seeing RuPaul in ‘The Brady Bunch Movie,’ when she says to Jan, ‘Girl, you better work.’ And I froze it in my mind forever.

For 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.

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.

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.

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.

I think the perception of audiences that love folk and country is they’re perceived to be more closed-minded than they really are.

I’m an artist who happens to be in drag. And I think that’s why my drag is a little different.

Something that I love about drag is that it’s a celebration of feminity.

I’m like the Justin Bieber of the drag world.

I lost most of my friends. Their parents had told them to stay away from me, because they said I was crazy, I was an extremist.

I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.

Sometimes it’s dramatic, but mental health, as a whole, has to become mainstream.

I really hate finding out people that show love really be talking crazy behind the scenes. Bitch buck up and hate me with your chest.

Stardom is a crazy thought. If that’s what my path is, then that’s where I’m excited to be headed towards.

If you’re not frightened that you might fail, you’ll never do the job. If you’re frightened, you’ll work like crazy.

I really like how the characters always have to go through some type of long journey that’s like a crazy struggle. And these anime shows give women power. She’s always the queen or somebody that you cannot beat – I love that.

If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure.