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

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" I want to literally quit drag and go live in the woods somewhere and write music for my favorite female singers, like Miley Cyrus or Kacey Musgraves. I would love to be able to write music for them and hear these women I admire sing my songs. That would be like doing drag without having to get into drag myself. "

" 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. "

" I always tell my mom that if she would have just bought me a Barbie when I was little, I would have gone into real estate. "

" 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 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.' "

" Drag queens always base their personas on their favorite female icons. Mine was Barbie, who's not necessarily a human but is as iconic and beautiful as any woman. I started really pushing it because I hit a crossroads of, 'I don't want to look like a woman or a man. I want to look like a wind-up toy, a plaything manufactured in a factory.' "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Any time there is an economic downturn or political strife, lipstick sales skyrocket. If you have a hard day, it's this $14 thing that lifts your day. I think drag has that same lipstick effect. "

" 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. "

" I want to look otherworldly, like I was made in a factory. "

" I looooove Jason Isbell. "

" 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.' "

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

" Dark comedy helped me survive. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I love Monet X Change. "

" 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 don't think gay guys are in touch with how many fabulous divas we have that actually play their own instruments and write their own music, too. "

" 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. "

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

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