Quotes from Adore Delano

Yeah, I mean, I'm a beast in the studio. My first record, I finished recording in like two days. The second was three days.

After 'Idol,' I had horrible management. I was getting reality show pilot offers - just to film a few episodes to see how it'd go, for VH1, for Bravo - and my manager wasn't letting me do any of them. I was auditioning for things like Disney movies instead! I was held back from doing any cool opportunity when the iron was hot, and I regret that.

Drag Race,' you go back to your hotel, you come in and work, and then you do the challenge, blah blah.

It's so funny to think about it now, but I kind of toned everything down about myself for 'Idol.' When it came down to song choices, or hair choices, or stuff like that, producers had the final say. I never got to sing, for instance, a female artist's song.

I mean, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, I'm like a continuation school dropout, but I'm trying.

Immediately after 'Idol,' I was getting pulling in so many different directions... I was just an 18-year-old thinking he's on top of the world, that kind of thing, and I just kind of fell flat.

You've gotta keep the hustle on.

I have good idols and I definitely look up to good people.

Till Death Do Us Party,' I think we put out a great pop album that we recorded in like three days, and it was so much fun to tour.

We are literally touring the world, and people are listening to my music.

Right before I auditioned for 'American Idol' my mom made me kinda cut my hair off, but year, I was wearing makeup from, like 13 to 16, and I was like completely a girl from 14 to 16.

Growing up, when I was about 14, I used to dress as a girl back then and sing.

I'm a little kid from Azusa - for people to even know my name in Singapore, that is huge for me. That's what I've always dreamed of.

In high school I dabbed in drag. I used to compete in singing competitions, like at the Christian college by my house.

It's good to treat life like a party when it comes to something as huge as 'Drag Race.' So many girls are selling their mothers up the river to get on this show, and it's important to just really have fun with it. We're all men in dresses, this is a party, this is a celebration - don't lose sight of that. That's just my whole take on it.

I've had people sneak into dressing rooms. They're harmless. They just like to brag.

No one would come to my drag shows before 'Drag Race' but I had a big social media following because I knew had to work it. I am very active on social media.

I was always, like, ambiguous. Is that how you say it? When I was turning 16 I talked to my mom about transitioning and stuff, but that was before I went through puberty.

I had moments on 'Idol' that were really fun, and then there were certain moments that were dark - all in the short time that I was there.

You know, all my friends call me Gender Spice.

I want to find that happy spot where I am emotionally happy and where I am making music almost every day, that would be the life.

I've always been drawn to ambiguity.

You never know what the kids are going to react to, but a lot of my fans like the same bands that I like, and they know my vibe.

I used to go to school in drag.