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" I love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites. "
Trixie Mattel
Van
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" I'm such a Shangela fan. I think she exemplifies 'Drag Race' greatness. She's like the Tiffany 'New York' Pollard of 'Drag Race.' She's like a patron saint of reality TV. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Mental health and sobriety is not a straight line, and 'Drag Race' is a family, and we support our family members through anything. "
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" I love Monet X Change. "
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" I think the perception of audiences that love folk and country is they're perceived to be more closed-minded than they really are. "
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" Katya and I, as a yin and a yang, we pretty much represent the entire, full gambit of talent, you know? Together, there's not really much we can't do. "
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" I'm very business-minded. I think that's something that sets me aside from other drag queens. "
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" 'All Stars' is a weird game. The rules are weird. However, I think 'All Stars' mirrors the real industry much more closely than normal seasons of 'Drag Race' do. In the real world of entertainment, it really is about the impressions you leave on your brothers and sisters in the room, and that's kind of what it is about. "
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" I was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever. "
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Family
Forever
" Drag will always find a way to be weird. "
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" I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory. "
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Made
" I always say that drag queens are like an exaggeration of women, and I'm like an exaggeration of drag queens. People ask, 'Why do you do your makeup so differently?' and I always say, 'Well, in a subversive art form, ask yourself why so many drag queens do their makeup exactly the same.' If you can do anything, why does everybody do the same thing? "
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People
Yourself
Makeup
" When I walked in on 'Drag Race' and saw Katya, I had no idea she was gonna be funny, because she was stunning. She had this perfect red lip, I remember looking into her eyes and being like, 'This is a woman!' Then she was really funny. She kind of presents normal, and it's a one-two punch with the comedy. "
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" 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. "
Trixie Mattel
Look
Back
You
" 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. "
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Music
Remember
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" 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. "
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Drag
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" I grew up playing guitar and writing music, and I always wanted to be a songwriter and a singer and play the guitar. But while I was finishing college, my drag became lucrative, so I had to pursue what was going to pay the bills - and doing comedy as Trixie was something that I was able to market. "
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" I love my life so much. I wouldn't change anything. "
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Life
" I've lost 'Drag Race' twice. I know how, with one bad day, it could just end. "
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Day
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" I'm an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best. "
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" Trixie Mattel has always opened doors for me. It's closed very few. "
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" My grandpa was a country singer, and I started learning guitar from him, just at the kitchen table when I was younger, and I got really into it. "
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" 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. "
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Nobody
" I like Aimee Mann. Her album 'Mental Illness' is so good. "
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Mental
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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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" Trixie Mattel is a product of bad things that happened to me, and it's how I deal with things. It's wonderful. "
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Bad
" 'Drag Race' is sort of like trying to lift weights - like, 50 pounds when you should've been lifting 20. "
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" I looooove Jason Isbell. "
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