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" I feel like I've won every year the show has been picked up by Logo because, really, nothing beats a paycheck. "

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" It's true in everything, not just in drag: To be a success, you have to understand the landscape. You have to know thyself, and you have to know your history so that you can draw from people who have figured out the equation you are faced with. It's not rocket science. "

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" It's important to find your tribe. "

" From childhood, we're trained to be a certain way, to behave a certain way - so that the power base can control us, really. And punk and drag are completely outside of that. "

" I've never personally differentiated a person who dressed up in a three-piece suit and goes to Wall Street from a person who dresses up in a polyester uniform and works at McDonalds. I think it's all drag. "

" 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. "

" Once you clear out from your consciousness things that no longer matter, you're able to make room for other things. "

" I've cried my eyes out and wanted to end it all before. I hope everybody's gone that far, because it makes life rich. "

" I started out in this business in rock and roll bands and stumbled into drag. Drag just happened to be my vehicle for my creativity. So, you know, it's afforded me the opportunity to create new shows, to make music. "

" Life's journey - it unfolds for you as you are ready for it. "

" It's hard to get intimate with an audience. "

" For my tribe, the people I found years ago, we've found sanctuary in the irreverent, in the off-center, in the quirky... And that's how we stay entertained, and that's how we stay engaged in what would otherwise seem to be a really cruel world. A really harsh world. "

" I love the creativity and the social and political aspects of drag. "

" 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. "

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

" I've always been drawn to people who dance to the beat of a different drum; it didn't matter if they were in film or music or fashion. "

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

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