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

" When someone says 'Yasss queen!' to me, I turn around and, X-Men style, run through a wall. You'll never hear from me again. "

" 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. "

" Trixie Mattel is a product of bad things that happened to me, and it's how I deal with things. It's wonderful. "

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

" 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. "

" In the real world, people go against my beliefs all the time, and I don't make it my place to - like, I'm not super confrontational. "

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

" Trixie Mattel has always opened doors for me. It's closed very few. "

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

" I'm very business-minded. I think that's something that sets me aside from other drag queens. "

" As drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time. "

" 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 love that drag is a way for people to vacation in the gay nightlife, but... it's quite a different experience to perform for a gay audience than a straight audience. "

" People don't realize 'Drag Race' is a certain percent competition, but it's also a game show. There's a certain amount of throwing dice and spinning wheels, and there are twists and turns all the time. Part of it is also having the right idea and pulling the right look together that day. We're all making choices in the moment. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" Some of my favorite drag queens are women. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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