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.
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.
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.
I've always been drawn to people who dance to the beat of a different drum; it didn't matter if they were in film or music or fashion.
I dance to the beat of a different drummer.
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.
Drag queens have always taken on that role of spilling the tea - and the tea is the emperor has no clothes!
For my tribe, the people I found years ago, we've found sanctuary in the irreverent, in the off-center, in the quirky... And that's how we stay entertained, and that's how we stay engaged in what would otherwise seem to be a really cruel world. A really harsh world.
It's true in everything, not just in drag: To be a success, you have to understand the landscape. You have to know thyself, and you have to know your history so that you can draw from people who have figured out the equation you are faced with. It's not rocket science.
I've been very blessed, and that has not escaped me.
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.
If you've worked in a factory, and you haven't learned how to do something else, you're obsolete. That's just nature.
We humans are still a very primitive culture, and it's one of the traps we've fallen into over the course of our lives - to forget our history. That's why George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is so profound. It chronicles our short memory.
I love games. My favorite thing on this planet to do is to play games. And if you don't enjoy games, then you're really missing the point of what this life is.
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.
Never forget that the most political thing you can ever do is follow your heart.
I have always worked and did my work on the fringe, where I have feel very comfortable.
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.
Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.
I go to the gym at five in the morning and then go do a hike.