I think being young and, like, 14, 15, you feel like a weirdo, and playing guitar with my grandpa in my grandma’s kitchen is probably my fondest memories I’ll ever have.
TRIXIE MATTELKatya and I, as a yin and a yang, we pretty much represent the entire, full gambit of talent, you know? Together, there’s not really much we can’t do.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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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Bad things can happen to you, but it doesn’t mean you have to have regrets. It’s all about what you do with it.
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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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I’m an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best.
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Drag will always find a way to be weird.
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I don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.
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People on a daily basis walk up to me, panic, and tell me something extremely graphic and violent about their life.
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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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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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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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Some of my favorite drag queens are women.
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Dark comedy helped me survive.
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I plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities.
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I’m strange! I have a weird sense of humor! I look crazy!
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I love my life so much. I wouldn’t change anything.
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