As drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time.
TRIXIE MATTELI 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.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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’m not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.
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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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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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I think people are slowly realizing that don’t have to be looking in a mirror to enjoy something. And they’re realizing that watching a show with drag queens in it doesn’t make you gay any more then listening to rap makes you black.
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My favorite drag queens are Tammie Brown and Katya, so I like my drag queens a little left of sanity.
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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 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.
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Drag Race’ is sort of like trying to lift weights – like, 50 pounds when you should’ve been lifting 20.
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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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I’m always myself. Always. The only difference is that I come off as mean out of drag.
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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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