Quotes from Shangela

It's a performer's worst nightmare: to hurt yourself on stage and not be able to remove yourself from the stage.

I probably got many personalities living in my head and they all have to pay rent, OK?

I have a song called 'Working Girl' and it represents my whole story.

You have to know what you're worth and you have to stick with that because you're only going to hurt yourself in the end if you bring your price point way down, as well as impact others in the market.

Truly, I hope to inspire people.

I would love one day for us to all get in to drag together and all hang out. Wouldn't that be fun, me and Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in drag skipping around the city?

I'm from a small country town and to now be moving around with some of the largest names in Hollywood is a dream come true.

The MAC Skin Primer keeps my makeup nice and smooth during application and throughout the night. I can't be having no creases up in this mug!

It's great that we have so many people from so many diverse background in the 'Drag Race' family.

I not only went back to the 'All Stars' gig for myself but also for my fans. I wanted them to see the story of even if you get knocked down, you get back up, you keep going and you can win.

We're in the world right now where self-promotion is very accessible with the Internet and with YouTube and what I've learned is that you've got to utilize all those resources and the relationships that you have in order to make your business a success.

Lady Gaga is a professional, truly, and someone who I aspire to be like as an entertainer.

Let the record show I would never turn down a role with Lady Gaga.

I've been to every Lady Gaga concert.

I've always wanted to continue work as an actor in Hollywood. So being in a film with Lady Gaga is something I'm trying to get my head around. It's a fabulous dream honey, don't wake me.

When I started in 'Drag Race,' I didn't know anything about drag - my makeup was a mess, my hair was a mess, but I love what I was doing.

Michelle Obama, one of my inspirations, said 'when they go low, we go high,' and it was a thing that I really carried with me.

Seeing RuPaul go out there and not only create music, but TV and film roles, and continue to go down so many creative avenues - that is inspirational. For a person of color like myself, I see RuPaul and I say, 'Oh, honey, I can do it too.'

When things go wrong, I like to keep on working and move on.

I'm the Nancy Drew of drag!

I'm track 3 with fabulous French dialogue on the 'Star Is Born' album. I'm track 3 'NASA' on Ariana Grande's album. From 'All Stars 3,' went to 'Drag Race' three times, never won. Three is my lucky number.

Any queen who's ever worked in a drag bar, or even been in a drag dressing room, knows that underlying all of that is a sense of family.

The way I've always dealt with disappointment or challenges in my life is to find the bright spot and focus on it.

Honey, you know no matter how much time I spend, I'll never look spot on like Marilyn Monroe.