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" One of my trophies of 'Drag Race' is getting to meet Katya. "
Trixie Mattel
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" As drag queens and as comic people, we listen to our own artistic compass all the time. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" Something 'Drag Race' is really good at is portraying us as artists but also human beings. And normal human beings don't know everything. They don't have all the answers. "
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" 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. "
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" My favorite drag queens are Tammie Brown and Katya, so I like my drag queens a little left of sanity. "
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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. "
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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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