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" Drag is there to remind culture not to take itself too seriously. All of this is illusion. "

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" I love Ashford & Simpson, and I love the Brothers Gibb. They are amazing. "

" I always did what I thought was interesting. I always just did what caught my fantasy. Looking like a woman, that was never the criteria for me. It was always to do drag. And drag is not gender-specific. Drag is just drag. It's exaggeration. "

" I've always been ambitious. I've always been able to roll up my sleeves and get to work. I like to stay busy. I love working, and I love being creative. "

" We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it. "

" The whole point is to live life and be - to use all the colors in the crayon box. "

" My love life has never been of interest to people. Of course I have a love life; I have a real life outside of show business. "

" Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. That's why drag is such a hard sell to a network - or anyone, really - because it's up against the ego. "

" Usually, people who don't have a broad perspective see gay people as servants - as people who are there to make them look good. "

" If you grow up in show business, you look beyond the looking glass. So, all of the surface facades get broken. "

" Drag is really about reminding people that you are more than you think you are - you are more than what it says on your passport. "

" Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I'm doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn't embraced by anyone else. "

" I think drag is universal, no matter who does it. I mean, yeah, I am homosexual, but I think everybody likes to toy with their image. I love those guys. I love Milton Berle and Flip Wilson and all those people. "

" My spiritual practice reminds me of what's really real, what's really hood. "

" Having an automobile in Los Angeles enables me to change clothes at least three times a day: I will go from western wear to nautical to Savile Row in the course of 12 hours. "

" The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal directive but society's directive is mind-boggling and heroic. It's courageous. "

" For both men and women, an eyelash curler is a must. It gives your eye the appearance of being well-rested and wide open. "

" I have always worked and did my work on the fringe, where I have feel very comfortable. "

" I think our culture is moving forward - slowly. And also, as we move forward, we're witnessing some of the old stalwarts rejecting that forward motion. "

" If you're upset by something I said, you have bigger problems than you think. "

" Doing drag in a male-dominant culture is an act of treason. It's the most punk-rock thing you can do. "

" People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here to make me look good. That's what gay guys are, right? You're an accessory for my straight life.' Just because your limited view is that everyone's there to serve you and that you're the only person in the world. It doesn't work that way. "

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" Wyoming - God bless you in Wyoming - it's very boring, and it's the most isolated place on Earth. "

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" This is an important thing: People who live in the mainstream and the status quo think that everyone else is there to serve them. "

" My number one tip for all people, not just drag queens, is false eyelashes, which make every look go from daytime to glamazon! "

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" I try to do three active things a day because I have to fit into costumes that are very tight. "

" Everyone has a really short attention span, and you have to bombard them with content, content, content. "