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" Something that I love about drag is that it's a celebration of feminity. "
Trixie Mattel
Something
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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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" That's something I like about drag - I get to do everything. Collaborative arts are hard for me because I don't really like to relinquish control. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" I'm an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" The best way to create emotional or spiritual distance between me and another person is for them to come up to me and go, 'yaassssss.' "
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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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" One of my trophies of 'Drag Race' is getting to meet Katya. "
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" '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 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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" 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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