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I’m not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.

Trixie Mattel

I’ve always said drag queens are like Swiss Army knives. Most come from having to take $50-a-show pay and doing their own costume, wig, music and jokes.
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Drag Money Music Myself Pay Weapon
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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Character Children Experience Father Growth Myself Poor Relationship
In the real world, people go against my beliefs all the time, and I don’t make it my place to – like, I’m not super confrontational.
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Belief Myself Place Reality Time World
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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Country Listening Music Myself Parents Sing
I 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.
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Expectation Fame Fulfill Myself Record Satisfaction Start
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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Artist Different Drag Myself Thinking
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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Audience Different Drag Experience Love Myself People Straight Vacation
I was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever.
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Children Family Forever Myself Poor Stay
Something that I love about drag is that it’s a celebration of feminity.
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Celebration Drag Feminine Love Myself Woman
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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Competition Drag Feeling Myself Serious
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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Clothes Comfortable Drag Fashion Hate Myself
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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Comfortable People Recognition Slow Yourself
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 Exercise Try Yourself
One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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Myself Oneself Reward
I don’t really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I’m like an old person.
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Music Myself Old Person Song
If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy.
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Alone Crazy Myself Night Performance Silence Time

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