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 MATTELI don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.
More Trixie Mattel Quotes
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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 have definitely had guys walk up to me, put their arm around me, and when they walk away, my shoulder smells like taco meat.
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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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My favorite drag queens are Tammie Brown and Katya, so I like my drag queens a little left of sanity.
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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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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 don’t dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.
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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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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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I plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities.
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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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One of my trophies of ‘Drag Race’ is getting to meet Katya.
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I’m not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.
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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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