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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.

Trixie Mattel

I’m very business-minded. I think that’s something that sets me aside from other drag queens.
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I’m very proud of my career. A lot of people get their career from the judges of ‘Drag Race’ saying they’re great. I had to go and build that reputation from the ground up.
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I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory.
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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’m not a competitor by nature, and I’m certainly not used to being evaluated.
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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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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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Dark comedy helped me survive.
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When someone says ‘Yasss queen!’ to me, I turn around and, X-Men style, run through a wall. You’ll never hear from me again.
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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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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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To me, drag is about doing whatever you want, and nobody says anything. And ‘Drag Race’ is about doing what you’re told and having it evaluated. I hate being judged.
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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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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 was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever.
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The best way to create emotional or spiritual distance between me and another person is for them to come up to me and go, ‘yaassssss.’
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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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