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.
TRIXIE MATTELWhen I was on ‘Drag Race,’ it felt like a serious competition going on between drag queens and then Katya and I were also there.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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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I’m like the Justin Bieber of the drag world.
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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 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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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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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 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.
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I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.
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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 love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites.
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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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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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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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Drag Race’ is sort of like trying to lift weights – like, 50 pounds when you should’ve been lifting 20.
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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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