Entertainer

I love hearing the same songs over and over again - as long as queens challenge themselves to come up with new ways of performing them.

The inspiration of my drag is the history of drag, the long tradition of drag queens being at the forefront of queer activism. That informs my drag style, and in a sense, that is the direction we need to go in the future.

I've always wanted to play a role as a producer and a curator and to help make drag really have an epic scale and a large audience and a lot of interest.

Drag should push the limits of what is considered fashionable or beautiful.

Even if I hadn't won 'Drag Race,' even if I'd never been on, I'd still be working my tail off, creating live shows, magazines, videos, anything I possibly could!

I'm an only child; I'm a very private person.

Drag, at its core, is about honoring yourself and your own unique way of being a gendered, queer person. Your own unique way of using fashion to express yourself.

Right when I was starting to experiment with drag, my mom was diagnosed with cancer, and during her chemo treatment, she lost all of her hair. And for her, the idea of being a fem with no hair was really difficult.

Drag is about asserting your power and your brilliance and your importance.

I've learned that I am a complete workaholic and that no amount of sleeplessness or exhaustion will keep me from taking on new or ambitious projects. That is both a good quality and a terrible one, I think.

For a while, my favorite movie was 'Vertigo.' Everything in that movie was captivating to me.

The way I've always looked at drag has been a little bit different maybe than other people because the drag community that I started doing drag in is full of trans people and women and people of various educational backgrounds, of different ages.

I want to do performance that inspires people to be true to themselves and has tangible impact on the community. Not just because I want to be a role model - I just think it's the best way to honor the tradition of drag.

Even though I present myself at the height of glamour and beauty, part of my truth is being desperate and emotional and unafraid of being unattractive.

I find inspiration in the movies I've loved, especially all films ever made about Dracula.

Just in my experience as a drag queen, I've been able to connect with queer people around the world - and to see them connecting with each other over a shared love of drag!

The audience of 'Drag Race' and the fans of drag queens are often very surprising.

It's so beautiful that drag is able to speak to so many different types of people.

I want to see some queer politicians, some drag queens and drag kings running for office and shifting the way that policy is made as well.

Conservatism is all about surfaces and labels and presentation, and drag says no, we refuse to follow any rules about that.