Trixie Mattel

“I remember being obsessed with Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped.' That was her peak, and she is such an amazing singer. Plus, I was a little gay boy, and the music video for 'Beautiful' existe...”

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

“June Carter Cash is probably my all-time favorite member of the Carter Family.”

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

“I never check my bank account. I know that sounds crazy. But I don't know how much is in there. I never know how much is in there. I have an idea - I have a bottom line - but I never look be...”

“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.”

“Me myself, Brian, I'm a Midwesterner at heart, and I have this deep, bone-dry sense of humor, and I've found it worked to combine this Barbie with a dry, sarcastic man.”

“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...”

“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.”

“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 l...”

“I remember seeing RuPaul in 'The Brady Bunch Movie,' when she says to Jan, 'Girl, you better work.' And I froze it in my mind forever.”

“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, m...”

“I don't dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.”

“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 the...”

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

“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.”

“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 tho...”

“Out of drag, I'm a white guy with a guitar, which isn't special. There are a million white guys with guitars. But being a drag queen with a guitar is a lot more commanding.”

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