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A regular old drag queen is usually your science teacher who's actually wearing women's panties underneath his slacks. A drag-queen superstar is someone who actually works in clubs and makes a living doing it more than one night a year, or even one night in six months.
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I have always worked and did my work on the fringe, where I have feel very comfortable.
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Throughout my life, I have always believed in love; I've always put my heart in love. But I've seen fear take people so often. It's very scary.
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I think our culture is moving forward - slowly. And also, as we move forward, we're witnessing some of the old stalwarts rejecting that forward motion.
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I love the creativity and the social and political aspects of drag.
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I feel like I've won every year the show has been picked up by Logo because, really, nothing beats a paycheck.
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I don't think drag will ever be mainstream because it's counter to what the mainstream directive is, which is picking an identity and sticking with it for the rest of your life.
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It's hard to get intimate with an audience.
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I try to do three active things a day because I have to fit into costumes that are very tight.
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I go to the gym at five in the morning and then go do a hike.
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I've been very blessed, and that has not escaped me.
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There's not another lip-synch song on the planet, in the history of lip-synching songs, that has been lip-synched more than 'I Will Survive.'
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Unfortunately, in our culture, one person can write a letter to the network, and they shut something down. It's unfortunate.
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People don't know how to place me in their consciousness. They think, 'Oh, you must be here to make me look good. That's what gay guys are, right? You're an accessory for my straight life.' Just because your limited view is that everyone's there to serve you and that you're the only person in the world. It doesn't work that way.
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Everyone has a really short attention span, and you have to bombard them with content, content, content.
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I'm ambitious. I work hard.
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I've always idolized people who can write songs.
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I love Ashford & Simpson, and I love the Brothers Gibb. They are amazing.
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Usually, people who don't have a broad perspective see gay people as servants - as people who are there to make them look good.
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I love drag, and I love people who gravitate toward it. Because the people who do drag are people who dance to the beat of a different drummer.
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Drag has always been the thing you turn to to remember to not take yourself too seriously.
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I've lived my whole life in the life - I've lived my whole life doing the thing, I've been doing my own thing. And I think my life speaks volumes about what one must do.
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The only time you will ever see me in drag is when I am - What? Getting paid. It is my job.
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My love life has never been of interest to people. Of course I have a love life; I have a real life outside of show business.
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I think drag is universal, no matter who does it. I mean, yeah, I am homosexual, but I think everybody likes to toy with their image. I love those guys. I love Milton Berle and Flip Wilson and all those people.
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I've cried my eyes out and wanted to end it all before. I hope everybody's gone that far, because it makes life rich.
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When I go out, I'm always dressed up. Not in drag but always prepared to be 'on.' Just in case somebody's going to take a picture. Everyone has a Facebook page, so no matter what, I'm prepared to service the public.
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In my life, I've been able to really examine society in a way most people who aren't outsiders don't get a chance to do.
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Having an automobile in Los Angeles enables me to change clothes at least three times a day: I will go from western wear to nautical to Savile Row in the course of 12 hours.
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People can identify as however you want to. Right on. Go for it. But my strategy in this bigger game of life is to not identify as anything.
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Mainstream's never appealed to me, really. I mean, I've become popular over the years in certain areas. But mainstream, you know, I would rather the mainstream come to me.
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I loved 'Carol.' I thought it was a beautiful film.
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There are only two types of people in the world. There are the people who understand that this is a matrix, and then there are the people who buy it lock, stock and barrel.
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I started out in this business in rock and roll bands and stumbled into drag. Drag just happened to be my vehicle for my creativity. So, you know, it's afforded me the opportunity to create new shows, to make music.
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I've always been ambitious. I've always been able to roll up my sleeves and get to work. I like to stay busy. I love working, and I love being creative.
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Doing drag in a male-dominant culture is an act of treason. It's the most punk-rock thing you can do.
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I've still never gotten used to myself in drag.
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I've always been interested in what else is here, what lies beneath.
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Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.
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I always did what I thought was interesting. I always just did what caught my fantasy. Looking like a woman, that was never the criteria for me. It was always to do drag. And drag is not gender-specific. Drag is just drag. It's exaggeration.
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