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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 fulfilment. When I started selling records, going on tour, doing TV... I never expected any of it. "

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" I always say you can be great at drag and not great at 'Drag Race,' and you can be great at 'Drag Race' and not great at drag. "

" I don't really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I'm like an old person. "

" I looooove Jason Isbell. "

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" I'm always myself. Always. The only difference is that I come off as mean out of drag. "

" I've lost 'Drag Race' twice. I know how, with one bad day, it could just end. "

" I plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities. "

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" Dark comedy helped me survive. "

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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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" Something that I love about drag is that it's a celebration of feminity. "

" My favorite drag queens are Tammie Brown and Katya, so I like my drag queens a little left of sanity. "

" 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. "

" 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'm an artist who happens to be in drag. And I think that's why my drag is a little different. "

" RuPaul might not broadcast herself as political, but I think she tries to make moves in American history by catching more flies with honey than vinegar. Rather than telling people to vote, maybe she'll do a mini-challenge on voting. She understands that you can influence people in a good way without preaching. "

" 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. "

" Drag is great way to get people to pay attention to me, but it's a difficult way to get people to take me seriously as a musician. So it's a weird Catch-22. It's like a gimmick that gets them to pay attention, but when they see my image, they're like, 'There's no way this is going to have any legitimacy to it.' "

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" People don't realize 'Drag Race' is a certain percent competition, but it's also a game show. There's a certain amount of throwing dice and spinning wheels, and there are twists and turns all the time. Part of it is also having the right idea and pulling the right look together that day. We're all making choices in the moment. "

" I'm an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best. "

" June Carter Cash is probably my all-time favorite member of the Carter Family. "

" I was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

" I'm most proud of my career as a touring comedian and musician. I love doing television, I love selling records, but when I'm at these venues with hundreds of people, and they're all sitting listening to my music and my jokes, I feel like I could die that day, and I would be happy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Most drag queens, they put on music like it's a costume. It's not in their bones. It's not in their background. "