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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. "

Trixie Mattel

Hate

Race

Nobody

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" 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.' "

Trixie Mattel

Great

Attention

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

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Plan

Other

" 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. "

Trixie Mattel

Change

Good

" I'm not a competitor by nature, and I'm certainly not used to being evaluated. "

" 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? "

" 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 have definitely had guys walk up to me, put their arm around me, and when they walk away, my shoulder smells like taco meat. "

Trixie Mattel

Walk

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

Trixie Mattel

Love

Think

" One of my trophies of 'Drag Race' is getting to meet Katya. "

" '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. "

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

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" My favorite drag queens are Tammie Brown and Katya, so I like my drag queens a little left of sanity. "

" I live in reality, and I know at any moment I could stop getting the phone calls and nobody wants to hear me sing or tell jokes anymore. "

" Whatever is underneath all the drag, it actually doesn't really matter. It kind of just matters, are you a great entertainer? And are you nice to work with? Are you good at your job? "

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

" I like Aimee Mann. Her album 'Mental Illness' is so good. "

Trixie Mattel

Mental

Good

" I grew up playing guitar in the late Nineties, early 2000s, so a very acoustic-driven pop-rock era, and then in college, I started listening to Jason Isbell and Kacey Musgraves. Then I really fell in love when I discovered really old country, like June Carter Cash - one of my all-time favorites. "

" 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 didn't start drag because I thought it would be a ticket to anything. I did it for my own narcissistic fulfilment. When I started selling records, going on tour, doing TV... I never expected any of it. "

" Most drag queens, they put on music like it's a costume. It's not in their bones. It's not in their background. "