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Bad things can happen to you, but it doesn't mean you have to have regrets. It's all about what you do with it. Trixie Mattel

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Dark comedy helped me survive. Trixie Mattel

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Drag is great way to get people to pay attention to me, but it's a difficult way to get people to take me seriously as a musician. So it's a weird Catch-22. It's like a gimmick that gets them to pay attention, but when they see my image, they're like, 'There's no way this is going to have any legitimacy to it.' Trixie Mattel

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I remember being obsessed with Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped.' That was her peak, and she is such an amazing singer. Plus, I was a little gay boy, and the music video for 'Beautiful' existed, so obviously I was affected. Trixie Mattel

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

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My favorite drag queens are Tammie Brown and Katya, so I like my drag queens a little left of sanity. Trixie Mattel

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Some people say that 'Drag Race' is about glory and immortalizing yourself in the Hall of Fame. For me, it's about shaking RuPaul down for her money. Trixie Mattel

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I always say you can be great at drag and not great at 'Drag Race,' and you can be great at 'Drag Race' and not great at drag. Trixie Mattel

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I'm very proud of my career. A lot of people get their career from the judges of 'Drag Race' saying they're great. I had to go and build that reputation from the ground up. Trixie Mattel

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I looooove Jason Isbell. Trixie Mattel

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I'm such a Shangela fan. I think she exemplifies 'Drag Race' greatness. She's like the Tiffany 'New York' Pollard of 'Drag Race.' She's like a patron saint of reality TV. Trixie Mattel

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I love John Denver. Townes Van Zandt is one of my all-time favorites. Trixie Mattel

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June Carter Cash is probably my all-time favorite member of the Carter Family. Trixie Mattel

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Northern Wisconsin, where I'm from, is so ridiculously rural. Trixie Mattel

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I was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever. Trixie Mattel

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I'm very business-minded. I think that's something that sets me aside from other drag queens. Trixie Mattel

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I never check my bank account. I know that sounds crazy. But I don't know how much is in there. I never know how much is in there. I have an idea - I have a bottom line - but I never look because I always make believe there's never anything in there. Trixie Mattel

I grew up playing guitar and writing music, and I always wanted to be a songwriter and a singer and play the guitar. But while I was finishing college, my drag became lucrative, so I had to pursue what was going to pay the bills - and doing comedy as Trixie was something that I was able to market. Trixie Mattel

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With Trixie, people like that I look like this fabricated painted creation, but all my comedy and my songs come from a place of reality. It's like the man behind the curtain - it's the crying clown - that's what works for people with Trixie. It's the dichotomy of someone looking like a toy but then, you know, speaking and singing like a real boy. Trixie Mattel

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I look like Forrest Gump. Trixie Mattel

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