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Quotes About Drag

People loved me because I'm a great person to be friends with, but when it comes down to drag, I didn't want them to think badly of me.
~ Chi Chi DeVayne
We love trans women; all of us know that drag wouldn't be an art form without trans women. I know that, RuPaul knows that, everybody in the gay community knows that. Trans women have always been a part of and the face of drag. And I can guarantee trans women will always be a part of 'RuPaul's Drag Race.'
~ Michelle Visage
These kids would already be in college by the time Trump left office. If he left office. No matter what they did or whom they became, Donald Trump would dominate at least a part of their lives. He would try to drag them down to his level. That's what he did.
~ Gary Shteyngart
I come from regional, small-city drag, where if you won Miss Des Moines, Iowa, and you did something bad, or you were being a role model, your crown was taken away.
~ Sharon Needles
The first time I ever dressed in drag was at a costume party during my childhood. I went as Wonder Woman and my mom even took me to get the costume.
~ Courtney Act
I think that drag, being mainstream, it's such a wonderful thing because even my sister, years ago, they thought it was so taboo and didn't understand it, or maybe they thought, 'Justin, do you want to be a woman?' and I'm like, 'No, Alyssa's my character.'
~ Alyssa Edwards
I want to literally quit drag and go live in the woods somewhere and write music for my favorite female singers, like Miley Cyrus or Kacey Musgraves. I would love to be able to write music for them and hear these women I admire sing my songs. That would be like doing drag without having to get into drag myself.
~ Trixie Mattel
I love puns and plays on words, which is why I love RuPaul so much.
~ Jinkx Monsoon
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.
~ Bob the Drag Queen
And then, before I knew it, Duke was dead. . . . He was a truckdriver, and sometimes we were so poor we couldnt even make it: I had to hustle in drag in order to keep us going
~ John Rechy
When you're flying, the changing balance of lift and weight pulls you up or down. But another pair of forces pulls you forward or backward through the air: thrust and drag. Thrust is the power that pulls the kite forward—you run with it to get it up in the air. You have to have thrust to create lift. Drag is there because your kite's surfaces push against the air and slow the kite down. Drag doesn't pull you out of the sky; it makes you fly more slowly.
~ Elizabeth Wein
He's such a drag He's not insane It's just that everybody Has to feel his pain.
~ Elvis Costello
My dears, as long as a man is a minister, adore him; when he falls, help drag him in the gutter.
~ Balzac Honore De
Judas, boredom is such a drag, drag, drag. Writing might be good therapy for me, though.
~ Beatrice Sparks
I always said if I played a drag queen, I'd want to create a template with the realness they talk about in 'Paris Is Burning.'
~ Billy Porter
I was constantly getting in trouble, constantly trying to break the rules. Even when I was coming up in the drag scene, I was known as sort of the rule breaker, the rebel, the bad girl.
~ Violet Chachki
I've always been a rule-breaker and a rebel. For me, drag has always been about rebellion, but also escapism. I think being able to creatively direct your own world is super powerful - and it's beautiful.
~ Violet Chachki
I started doing drag as a form of rebellion and expression and then I got attention and it snowballed.
~ Violet Chachki
Clearly, high energy prices will have a large negative effect on the California economy and could possibly drag the rest of the nation into a recession.
~ Doug Ose
In 'House of Boys,' I wanted to be in drag. It was amazing to be in the middle of all these drag queens. They did my makeup. I hardly recognized myself! That was very funny.
~ Udo Kier
I'm a drag artist, and we put so much effort into creating characters, so the easiest way to show us respect is to call us by the name we gave ourselves and refer to the gender we have chosen to be on stage.
~ Conchita Wurst
Drag went from being referential to being the reference, which is crazy.
~ Bob the Drag Queen
I know it, and I wanted so much not to drag you into it!' said Kitty remorsefully. 'I thought, if only you knew nothing about it, it would serve as a reason for you to put an end to our engagement!' 'Yes, I know you did. Told me so, in that letter you wrote me. Dashed cork-brained notion! Stands to reason if you're in it I must be too.
~ Georgette Heyer
Always tip a drag queen. If they're good, they deserve it. And if they're bad, at least they'll go away after that buck.
~ Willam Belli