Quotes from RuPaul

Drag is there to remind culture not to take itself too seriously. All of this is illusion.

Drag is really about reminding people that you are more than you think you are - you are more than what it says on your passport.

I've always idolized people who can write songs.

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.

I'm always talking about loving yourself and expressing yourself and learning how to love yourself. I'm still the same.

I love Superman. Because he represents the hero with 1,000 faces. And the potential that lies in every human on this planet.

It's very easy for me to take on other people's energy, so my personal mantra is " Love yourself, love yourself, love yourself. "

Love yourself. KNOW thyself. And be mindful of your thoughts.

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.

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.

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.

The truth is - most things are probably gonna fail. But my failures bring me to the next thing. So in that regard, nothing's a failure, it's a continuation.

I love Ashford & Simpson, and I love the Brothers Gibb. They are amazing.

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

It's hard to get intimate with an audience.

Wyoming - God bless you in Wyoming - it's very boring, and it's the most isolated place on Earth.

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.

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.

Doing drag in a male-dominant culture is an act of treason. It's the most punk-rock thing you can do.

It's important to find your tribe.

I've always been ambitious. I've always been able to roll up my sleeves and get to work. I like to stay busy. I love working, and I love being creative.

I think our culture is moving forward - slowly. And also, as we move forward, we're witnessing some of the old stalwarts rejecting that forward motion.

My music is a reflection of what I really love to listen to, pop, dance, mid tempo dance and ballads.

La Flavour's 'Mandolay' is a disco classic - I dare you to sit still while listening to it.