Quotes from Bob the Drag Queen

Sometimes I write for other drag queens.

I produce content for a few people, actually, between Peppermint and Marti Gould Cummings and different local queens in New York City.

Not only does the title 'We're Here' highlight the fact that me, Shangela, and Eureka are here, but we as a queer community, we were already here. We were already existing in your space before these drag queens showed up with a big purse bus.

My mother went through a phase in her life where she... stopped being queer for religious reasons. I remember, my mother rebuking her sexuality... Queerness was not okay. She basically just said it wasn't okay for her... This is what, in my experience, religion can do to a queer person.

If queer people are nothing, we are strong.

Honestly, drag queens are embedded within every part of queer culture.

You can celebrate pride, by lifting up what Black queer people have given us.

I was raised in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. And I think that has practically everything to do with, you know, my formative years. I'm also black. So, this is what we're talking about, intersectionality, right? I'm also queer. And I'm also non-binary. And I think all these cultures have contributed to every essence of my being.

I'm a big fan of World of Wonder in general. They really are the queens of queer culture.

That's what Pride really is: A chance for people who are extremely queer to feel, once-a-year, extremely normal.

I was really afraid to do one of those shows where like, gays go and make straight people's lives better and then they leave town.

After drag, I remove lashes, then remove most makeup with a Ponds Moisture Clean Exfoliating Towelette. If I don't have a moist one on the road, I will use a dried-out makeup wipe by rewetting it with water.

If you need help with your mental health do not seek drag as a therapy, go to your therapist.

Just because you have a chosen family doesn't mean that your family threw you out.

I listen to 'This American Life,' 'Serial,' 'S-Town,' 'Feast of Fun.' I listened to 'What's the Tee?' And that has really helped me throughout my entire drag career - podcasts have been a mainstay in my life as a drag artist.

There's a narrative that anyone who goes out and chooses a family must have been thrown to the curb and stomped down to the ground by their families at home. That's not always the case, but sometimes you just need love from people who have extremely similar experiences.

The process of going on 'Drag Race' is, in my opinion, more than a fiscal investment. It's cultural. It's the 'Game of Thrones' of reality TV.

Drag went from being referential to being the reference, which is crazy.

I've never been a straight guy, but it certainly seems that being one is exhausting. Every part of a straight guy's day is somehow related to him letting people know that he's straight.

We talk race relations, gender politics, about what's actually happening here in America... Winning 'Drag Race,' has allowed me to amplify that.

I'm really loud, and I'm really amazing, and really talented. And really humble.

I felt that society had told me out loud clearly and in no unclear terms, that there were several aspects of my personality, my life, my body, and my existence that were quite worthless. And then I found a community that said, 'No, girl. You're actually nailing it. All these things are great.'

When I auditioned for 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' I said I'm gonna get on 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' I'm gonna win it and it won't be the most impressive thing I've ever done.

I have to get my stuff made custom if I want my gown to touch the floor, my sleeves to touch my wrist.