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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.

Don't believe the hype; don't believe what it tells you on your driver's license. You are an extension of the power that created this whole universe.

We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it.

From childhood, we're trained to be a certain way, to behave a certain way - so that the power base can control us, really. And punk and drag are completely outside of that.

Once you clear out from your consciousness things that no longer matter, you're able to make room for other things.

I try to do three active things a day because I have to fit into costumes that are very tight.

For both men and women, an eyelash curler is a must. It gives your eye the appearance of being well-rested and wide open.

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.

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.

Honestly, it's important to not take this whole process of life on this planet too seriously. And you need games to remind you that every aspect of your experience on this planet is a game. And you have to be a good sport. You have to strategize, and you have to have fun.

I had mentors, growing up in gay life - older gay men who told me about our history and the history of art and culture - but somehow, the younger generation missed out on that synergy.

Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. That's why drag is such a hard sell to a network - or anyone, really - because it's up against the ego.

Hollywood is an idea. It's not a real place.

Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.

Life's journey - it unfolds for you as you are ready for it.

'The Wizard of Oz' is my favourite. It explains what life on this planet is about. Although Dorothy reaches Oz, she finds she had what she needed to go back to Kansas all along, but the Good Witch tells her that she had to learn it for herself. All of the answers to the meaning of life are there.

I have always worked and did my work on the fringe, where I have feel very comfortable.

There are so many sensitive souls; they don't know what to do with their feelings.

I've been on both sides; I've interviewed people, and I do an okay job, I guess. But it's awful. Because you feel like you have to defend your life, which is such an interesting concept. It's not an easy process to sit down and talk about, 'What's your motivation?' Because as I'm answering, I'm working it out for myself at the same time.

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.

Drag breaks the fourth wall, which is why it's never been quite accepted, because nobody wants to be told that they are really a caricature of themself and to not take yourself too seriously.