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" I lived deep in the country in northern Wisconsin. I didn't have any neighbors or anything, so in the summers, I played guitar for hours and hours every day until I was about 18. I never thought about combining it with drag, 'cause to me, well, drag queens don't play guitar. Now I'm like, 'You idiot, that's an opportunity.' "

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" With Trixie specifically, on the one hand, it's a celebration of femininity. It's that moment when you're playing Pretty Pretty Princess, and there's also, this is what society says a girl looks like, the amount of makeup I wear and the humongous blond wigs. "

Trixie Mattel

Society

You

Hand

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

" 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 looooove Jason Isbell. "

Trixie Mattel

Jason

" 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 love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites. "

" When you unbox a My Little Pony or a Strawberry Shortcake doll, you were hit with a sweet, impossibly perfect fragrance of fresh, machine-made plastic oftentimes infused with floral and fruity notes to bring the toy to life. That third dimension of sensory experience made the toy so real to me. "

Trixie Mattel

Sweet

Perfect

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

" 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. "

" Trixie is like a hyper-feminine child's toy who has it all. I love looking like I'm from Toys 'R Us but serving off-color comedy. "

Trixie Mattel

Child

Comedy

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

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

" Dark comedy helped me survive. "

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

" I've always said drag queens are like Swiss Army knives. Most come from having to take $50-a-show pay and doing their own costume, wig, music and jokes. "

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

Trixie Mattel

Mental

Good

" I don't expect a lot of people who love drag to also be like, 'I love 'Drag Race,' and then I got to hear my Chris Stapleton album.' Not necessarily an obvious crossover. "

" 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. "

" I'm not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices. "

" I love my life so much. I wouldn't change anything. "

" If I have a show at night, I like to spend the whole day alone in silence. I know that might be crazy. "

" One of my trophies of 'Drag Race' is getting to meet Katya. "

" 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

" 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. "