Quotes About Artistry

I've never been one of those 'quantity' guys. I'm not one of those guys who puts out a record every year whether it's any good or not.

I never want to co-write. People never just write a quarter of a book, do they? I don't think you can get your story across.

Charlie Christian played amplified guitar with Benny Goodman's quartet. He was the greatest guitar player that ever was. But he never looked up from the guitar. But I put a little dance to it. They appreciate seein' something along with hearin' something.

The first time I heard a professional jazz quartet practicing in a house down the street it was almost like an out-of-body experience.

Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.

The best band in the world is Queen, definitely.

I'm a performing queen.

I am a man who happens to play women's parts. And I'm not a drag queen. I'd like to think that I'm several levels above that.

We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.

I'm a huge Queen fan.

I've said it before: If Queen had died and reincarnated as one person, it would be Devin Townsend.

I wasn't playing a drag queen - I was playing an extraordinary performer.

I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.

The Ultimate Queen Celebration is a little bit different. I take liberties with the amount of songs in the set that aren't necessarily Queen songs. I take some freedoms with The Ultimate Queen Celebration that I can't really do with The Queen Extravaganza.

My favorite thing about the Ultimate Queen Celebration is that we're not afraid to explore a non-traditional Queen set list.

I started drag in Portland, Oregon, but I don't feel that I came to life as a drag queen until I started working in Seattle. That's what really lit the rocket fuel in my career.

My dad's name is 'The Drag Queen.'

Tidicue is not my real last name. It's just T-D-Q, as in 'The Drag Queen.'

I love the process of dressing up, and people that dress up, and serving looks and drag queens and club freaks and all of that.

I'm the mess of drag queens.

Most drag queens, they put on music like it's a costume. It's not in their bones. It's not in their background.

I've seen some very beautiful drag queens.

I love hearing the same songs over and over again - as long as queens challenge themselves to come up with new ways of performing them.

Drag queens, our whole art form is about taking inspiration from artists we adore.