I’m always myself. Always. The only difference is that I come off as mean out of drag.
TRIXIE MATTELI 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.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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I live in reality, and I know at any moment I could stop getting the phone calls and nobody wants to hear me sing or tell jokes anymore.
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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 favorite drag queens are Tammie Brown and Katya, so I like my drag queens a little left of sanity.
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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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I guess I just believe in Trixie Mattel, and I believe in the work. I don’t think I’m better than anybody else, but I really think that I’m hilarious and beautiful.
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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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I remember being obsessed with Christina Aguilera’s ‘Stripped.’ That was her peak, and she is such an amazing singer. Plus, I was a little gay boy, and the music video for ‘Beautiful’ existed, so obviously I was affected.
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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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Drag will always find a way to be weird.
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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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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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Drag Race’ doesn’t claim to represent drag as a whole. ‘Drag Race’ is a reality show. If you see real drag shows, we just do drag and respect each other’s art and who your real identity is – name, gender, hair color, anything.
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I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.
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One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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Something ‘Drag Race’ is really good at is portraying us as artists but also human beings. And normal human beings don’t know everything. They don’t have all the answers.
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