--- title: "1 Control Really Quotes By RuPaul" description: "1 Control Really quotes by RuPaul. Plus more from RuPaul and more Control Really sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/rupaul-1537_childhood_from-childhood-we-re-trained-to-be-a-cer_706333.png" --- > [From childhood, we're trained to be a certain way, to behave a certain way - so that the power base can control us, really. And punk and drag are completely outside of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/from-childhood-we-re-trained-to-be-a-certain-way-to-behave-a-certain/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/rupaul-1537_childhood_from-childhood-we-re-trained-to-be-a-cer_706333.png) ## More by RuPaul > [If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/if-you-can-t-love-yourself-how-in-the-hell-you-gonna-love-somebody/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [What makes a gay icon is someone who possesses both masculine and feminine qualities simultaneously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/what-makes-a-gay-icon-is-someone-who-possesses-both-masculine-and/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [For both men and women, an eyelash curler is a must. It gives your eye the appearance of being well-rested and wide open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/for-both-men-and-women-an-eyelash-curler-is-a-must-it-gives-your-eye/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/look-at-me-a-big-old-black-man-under-all-of-this-makeup-and-if-i-can/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Don't take life too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/don-t-take-life-too-seriously/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [So many times, people are afraid to start something because of fear of failing. But it can be fabulous - because it leads you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/so-many-times-people-are-afraid-to-start-something-because-of-fear-of/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [I do not impersonate females! How many women do you know who wear seven inch heels, four foot wigs, and skintight dresses?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/i-do-not-impersonate-females-how-many-women-do-you-know-who-wear/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [La Flavour's 'Mandolay' is a disco classic - I dare you to sit still while listening to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/la-flavour-s-mandolay-is-a-disco-classic-i-dare-you-to-sit-still/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [I think in times of fear and hysteria in a culture, gender experimentation as it pertains to men has to go underground because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/i-think-in-times-of-fear-and-hysteria-in-a-culture-gender/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Don't be jealous of my boogie...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/don-t-be-jealous-of-my-boogie/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. That's why drag is such a hard sell to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/drag-is-involved-with-changing-identities-and-not-taking-identities/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [You are not your body. You are actually an extension of the power that created the whole universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/you-are-not-your-body-you-are-actually-an-extension-of-the-power-that/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Mainstream's never appealed to me, really. I mean, I've become popular over the years in certain areas. But mainstream, you know, I would rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/mainstream-s-never-appealed-to-me-really-i-mean-i-ve-become-popular/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Actually, it does start with you - if you want to change the world, change yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/actually-it-does-start-with-you-if-you-want-to-change-the-world/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [My music is a reflection of what I really love to listen to, pop, dance, mid tempo dance and ballads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/my-music-is-a-reflection-of-what-i-really-love-to-listen-to-pop-dance/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/control-really/rupaul/#itemlist", "name": "1 Control Really Quotes By RuPaul", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "From childhood, we're trained to be a certain way, to behave a certain way - so that the power base can control us, really. 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