Quotes from Manila Luzon

Before, gay portrayals in the media were so limiting, like a caricature of a homo. A parody almost.

My parents made me take piano lessons from 1st grade to when I graduated from high school, and music never came to me as naturally as my other more visual artistic talents.

There's so much stuff in America that is very shameful. It's stuff that I can't endorse, but I still perform there.

I mean, I wouldn't sound very good next to Barbra Streisand, but I would still love to do a duet with her anyway. Maybe someone else can do the singing for me and I'll just do the lip syncing. How about that?

Working Holiday' goes out to those earning their pay and a half: from retail employees at the mall and the kids selling popcorn at the movies, to the waiters at Chinese restaurants!

I'm a really big fan of Monique Heart. I always think she has some really creative ideas.

If you're gonna win, you wanna beat the best.

We are all unique in our ways, but celebrating together makes us all the same.

The cool thing about being in drag, just like getting to play a role in a play, is that you get to play a fantasy and you get to play someone else that you're not used to.

I just welcome all the support. And take all the help you can get.

Sometimes I feel like there's a little bit of woman deep down inside of me, that when I put on the drag, she's able to come out.

Drag isn't always about expensive rhinestone gowns; it's about what's entertaining.

You can wear whatever you want to make you feel pretty or fabulous.

Antoine and Sahara Davenport were really able to help me learn about drag. We really fed off each other. Together, we just clicked. We were both part of 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' so we both got to go through this experience together.

Sometimes a busted queen is more entertaining than a polished queen.

I don't think being Latin queen is a disadvantage.

Christmas Queens' is a family effort!

You can have a beard and do drag; you can be a woman and do drag. I've met faux queens. I've met kings. Anything that you want can be considered drag in the context.

We need folks who are queer or trans, to have an opportunity to tell their story.

Now that we're seeing that you can be a really masculine football player and a homosexual, you can be a really girly boy who likes to dress in women's clothes, I think that it's just been adding to the whole discussion about homosexuality and society.

If you don't clap for Todrick Hall, guess what Mary, you're a homophobe.

I was able to save up a lot of money over the years of working hard so that I can buy myself cute shoes.

I have a lot of female fans, and I feel like in this day and age, as a drag queen who is a female impersonator, I need to show my love and respect to all those female fans out there, especially my young ones who are learning about how to love themselves and love who they are in every way.

Put your problems into perspective and it usually turns out things aren't nearly so bad. And when they are, look to those memories of happy times. Keep some happiness on reserve for those rainy days!