Quotes from Sasha Velour

I think Bianca Del Rio should be in politics.

There are so many voices that tell people, especially queer people, that they don't have importance and regality.

People are really seeing that drag is an art form, that it's so much more than self-expression.

I like a little Barbra Streisand!

When I was in high school, I used to beg my teachers to let me create films and plays instead of writing essays. I think they were at least happy I was excited about school.

When I started doing drag, I always put together multimedia elements for live performance.

As a drag performer, my identity exists in music, art, and fashion, not in any one 'language' of gender or 'appearance.'

What I love so much about drag is that it has politics at its very core; drag performers aren't afraid to talk about politics in our community and the changes we need to see systemically in society.

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

I want to be an ambassador of Brooklyn.

That's what I wanted 'Pirate Jenny' to be: a queer, revolutionary fairy tale for the people that I love.

A superstar doesn't just use the spotlight for themselves.

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

'Drag Race' really offered me a platform to have a lot of people listen to what I have to show them, and I want to showcase the whole community I know.

No matter what you're doing, whether it's a makeup tutorial or an interview or a lip sync, performance is the essence of drag. It is gender performance. Being able to produce a performance is what a superstar has to do.

For me, my greatest weakness is also my greatest strength: I'm a complete overthinker about everything.

Drag has always inspired people to come together to be joyous and fight for what matters. If we can do it through beauty and positivity and lip-syncing our favorite pop songs, then let's do it.

I'd like to see drag really cultivate its political roots.

Drag resists conservatism in the most basic way possible, and also in the most effective way possible, because it's improper when it comes to looks, which is everything in conservative systems.

Taking care of your mental health is important, and being able to model that for queer people who are out there every day dealing with their own struggles is very significant.

Everyone is welcome in drag. Everyone is important and valuable.

I have an art magazine about drag called 'Velour,' named after myself, and I have a monthly show called 'Nightgowns' that curates and presents some of the most creative and high-quality drag in a professional theater setting.

Pride, to me, is a celebration of the past because we have come such a long way from the very first Pride parade marking the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, so it's a celebration of all that we've accomplished.

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