I don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.
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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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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Something that I love about drag is that it’s a celebration of feminity.
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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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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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Dark comedy helped me survive.
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I’m an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best.
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I’m strange! I have a weird sense of humor! I look crazy!
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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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Mental health and sobriety is not a straight line, and ‘Drag Race’ is a family, and we support our family members through anything.
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Out of drag, I’m a white guy with a guitar, which isn’t special. There are a million white guys with guitars. But being a drag queen with a guitar is a lot more commanding.
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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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I’m not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.
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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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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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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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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 was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever.
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I plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities.
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I’m like the Justin Bieber of the drag world.
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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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I never check my bank account. I know that sounds crazy. But I don’t know how much is in there. I never know how much is in there. I have an idea – I have a bottom line – but I never look because I always make believe there’s never anything in there.
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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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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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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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I love my life so much. I wouldn’t change anything.
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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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