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I was a hyper little kid.
My father was very strict.
Hiking in drag is hilarious!
Positivity attracts positivity.
I have so much to be thankful for.
I don't get cute, I get drop-dead gorgeous.
Violet Chachki - I'm a huge fan of her work.
Huge fan of Lady Gaga - huge, mega, superfan.
I knew I wanted to be the Steven Spielberg of dance.
I've changed as a person because of the art of drag.
I think it's inevitable to evolve if we allow ourselves.
The greatest gift I've ever received is being a teacher.
I thought doing drag in the beginning was fun: playing dress up.
During the day, I'm a business owner. I'm a teacher and a mentor.
I sometimes feel like it's my world and everyone is just visiting.
I started doing drag because I needed a creative outlet for myself.
I used to focus so much on winning. I used to be such a perfectionist.
I'm a very real person that has overcome a lot, so I think I'm relatable.
'Drag Race' is a movement. I'll be forever grateful that I left my legacy.
Go out, live your best life, encourage and share your laugh, and make other people laugh.
When you combine a Texas woman in a competition setting with her child, she gets very serious.
It's overwhelming that so many people love what you do and appreciate and get it. It's very rewarding.
People know I like to laugh and have a good time. Even when I'm sassy, it's still kind of stupid-silly.
It took a lot of years of me on my own, coaching myself, to look in the mirror and love the reflection.
You don't have to win 'Drag Race' to really win. And I am living proof of that, thank you Mary J. Blige!
I think what happened is I learned my strengths, but more importantly, I learned to embrace my weaknesses.
Don't be anything you're not. Be yourself. And people will either celebrate that or say, 'It's not for me.'
There's beauty in everyone's mug and body-ody-ody, but taking care of those things requires a lot of work, energy, and effort.
You don't want people to think, 'Oh, she was a person who was bitter because she didn't win.' You can't always win at everything.
As much as I love to travel and be on stage and perform, I knew at a very young age that I wanted to be a choreographer and a director.
I hope to continue to support, to inspire, to motivate, to encourage... in the hopes that maybe the world can get a little bit more giggle.
Drag was like 'Alice in Wonderland,' where she fell into the hole and her world changed. I fell into a gay bar, and my entire world changed.
My kids stand out at competitions. They're products of me. And you can't come to Beyond Belief and have a flamboyant teacher like me and be basic.
I was waiting for the world to change. I'm no longer waiting; I'm part of that movement. I think our role as performers and entertainers is so much bigger.
I think when someone is so passionate about what they do, sometimes emotions come to the top, and you just get to that boiling point where you have to let it out.
Nobody gets a free pass in life, and that's awesomely true for a drag queen or anyone else in the LGBT community. But I like to say, 'Don't be bitter, get better.'
Sometimes I wake up, and I'm like, 'Don't dream it. Be it. You're really living the dream. You are everything you've ever desired or set out to be. You're doing it.'
I remember going on stage for the very first time as a solo act, I was probably, like, nine or 10 years old. And being backstage, I started having anxiety... I was literally getting sick.
Growing up as a little, introverted boy, dance was the only way I could communicate. For me, it's the greatest language - no words. Sharing people's stories through the art of movement is magical.
I am a business owner. I'm a teacher. I think Justin's actually kind of plain, kind of nerdy. But when I morph into Alyssa, I'm like this... Well, this creature, everything that Justin couldn't be.
I think I'm just always myself, and I think that's what's most important to me. Just be genuine. Be authentic. Be who you are and who you were meant to be. And celebrate that. Celebrate all of that.
When you fight for something, you fight the good fight. You go for it, you never stop. You get knocked down, and you get right back up. That's what we need to be teaching these kids. For that matter, even some adults.
My brothers and sisters started having children at a very early age, and I was just there all alone at one point, like, 'What do I do?' And I thought the only thing I can do is create mine, make my family, and I did that.
I'm kind of living a Bruce Wayne life and then morphing into Batman, but I'm glad now Batman comes out during the day. That's kind of like how drag was: we were called upon at night to make people smile and laugh and clap.
I think that people are looking beyond the wig. I think they are saying, This isn't just a costume; there's a person behind this. If this costume, this character, this person has this kind courage? Why don't we share that?
You decide how to show up, and you'd better come correct: the way you look, what you say, how you act and react. No excuses! Get in front of the mirror and own what you see. You may have to drag your fabulousness out of hiding, but it's there.
It is the greatest reward for me to share my story, my art, and my work. And people receiving that and being thankful and grateful, it once again resonates deep within because it reminds me that I am so much bigger than being a drag performer.
I'm just authentically, unapologetically myself. In and out of drag, in and out of the gig, in and out of the studio. My friends know. Miss Thing Over There wakes up 8 A.M. and she's on. The sun, the rain, the snow, whatever's going on outside, I'm ready.
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.'
This movement that RuPaul has created and World of Wonder and Logo has allowed to be aired, it's so much than just gay men carrying on in high heels and wigs and fake fingernails. It's truly a story of courageous souls. And I'm grateful that I'm a part of this.