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" I guess drag queens, by nature, have to do everything. When you start being a drag queen, you're grabbing the microphone, hosting the shows. Then, you're setting the microphone down and doing the number. You're spending the day before doing your wigs and sewing your costumes. You're doing everything. "

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Selling

My Own

Thought

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

" I'm like the Justin Bieber of the drag world. "

" For years, 'Drag Race' was gay people's best kept secret. When I started doing drag, people didn't know anything about it. Look at it now: it's like it's gone from black and white to IMAX. "

" As a kid, I wasn't allowed to have girl toys, but I would take my cousin's My Little Pony and smell it. That weird, synthetic, fruity-sweet smell - that's how I wanted to look. I wanted to look like this fabricated toy. I wanted to look like you could pull a string on my back, and I would say, like, six catchphrases. "

" I remember being obsessed with Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped.' That was her peak, and she is such an amazing singer. Plus, I was a little gay boy, and the music video for 'Beautiful' existed, so obviously I was affected. "

" I'm strange! I have a weird sense of humor! I look crazy! "

" I like Aimee Mann. Her album 'Mental Illness' is so good. "

Trixie Mattel

Mental

Good

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

" I think people are slowly realizing that don't have to be looking in a mirror to enjoy something. And they're realizing that watching a show with drag queens in it doesn't make you gay any more then listening to rap makes you black. "

" 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. "

" I think the perception of audiences that love folk and country is they're perceived to be more closed-minded than they really are. "

Trixie Mattel

Love

Think

" My look and my character come from my experiences as a child. I wasn't allowed to have girl toys, and I grew up poor. I also had a rough relationship with my stepdad. "

Trixie Mattel

Child

Character

" I've always been obsessed with Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne, Melissa Etheridge. "

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

" I used to make everything myself. I used to do my own hair, make my own costumes, write my own jokes, and write my own songs. There were definitely some days where I had to choose between having tights that didn't have holes in them or having to buy makeup or something I needed for a show. "

" I don't pull punches at all, and I write my material for adults. But if kids like it, they can come watch it. I'll never change anything about what I do for anyone. I kind of think that's why kids like me. If you're a teenager, and there's someone onstage talking to you like an adult, that's good. "

Trixie Mattel

Change

Good

" Katya is literally my flesh and blood. Best friend status. "

" I live in reality, and I know at any moment I could stop getting the phone calls and nobody wants to hear me sing or tell jokes anymore. "

" I listened to a lot of what my grandparents listened to: George Jones, Johnny Cash - a lot of old country singers. Patsy Cline. "

" I hate drag. It's extremely uncomfortable. It's awful. I'm in a full corset and pads and giant wigs. "

" 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. "

Trixie Mattel

Walk

" Mental health and sobriety is not a straight line, and 'Drag Race' is a family, and we support our family members through anything. "

" Whatever is underneath all the drag, it actually doesn't really matter. It kind of just matters, are you a great entertainer? And are you nice to work with? Are you good at your job? "

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

" Drag will always find a way to be weird. "

" 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. "

Trixie Mattel

Race

Serious

" 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. "

Trixie Mattel

Guy

Guitar

" To me, drag is about doing whatever you want, and nobody says anything. And 'Drag Race' is about doing what you're told and having it evaluated. I hate being judged. "

" 'Drag Race' is sort of like trying to lift weights - like, 50 pounds when you should've been lifting 20. "

Trixie Mattel

Race

Trying