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title: "24 Doing Drag Quotes by 15 authors"
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> [I started doing drag as a form of rebellion and expression and then I got attention and it snowballed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/violet-chachki/i-started-doing-drag-as-a-form-of-rebellion-and-expression-and-then-i/)

[Violet Chachki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/violet-chachki/)

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> [When I started doing drag, I always put together multimedia elements for live performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-velour/when-i-started-doing-drag-i-always-put-together-multimedia-elements/)

[Sasha Velour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-velour/)

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> [We are all doing drag. Every single person on this planet is doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/we-are-all-doing-drag-every-single-person-on-this-planet-is-doing-it/)

[RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/rupaul-1537_doing_we-are-all-doing-drag-every-single-perso_765997.png)

> [I thought doing drag in the beginning was fun: playing dress up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alyssa-edwards/i-thought-doing-drag-in-the-beginning-was-fun-playing-dress-up/)

[Alyssa Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alyssa-edwards/)

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> [Doing drag in a male-dominant culture is an act of treason. It's the most punk-rock thing you can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/doing-drag-in-a-male-dominant-culture-is-an-act-of-treason-it-s-the/)

[RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/)

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> [When I started doing makeup, I had no intention of doing drag.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-charles/when-i-started-doing-makeup-i-had-no-intention-of-doing-drag/)

[James Charles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-charles/)

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> [I started doing drag because I needed a creative outlet for myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alyssa-edwards/i-started-doing-drag-because-i-needed-a-creative-outlet-for-myself/)

[Alyssa Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alyssa-edwards/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/alyssa-edwards-10064_creative-outlet_i-started-doing-drag-because-i-needed-a_305705.jpg)

> [When I'm doing drag, I get to just be a pure channel for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaska/when-i-m-doing-drag-i-get-to-just-be-a-pure-channel-for-it/)

[Alaska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaska/)

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> [I remember being afraid of doing drag when I was younger because I didn't really like my feminine side - most gay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cameron-mitchell/i-remember-being-afraid-of-doing-drag-when-i-was-younger-because-i/)

[John Cameron Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cameron-mitchell/)

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> [I think for many people, they think that being in drag means you want to be a girl. Being trans and doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bianca-del-rio/i-think-for-many-people-they-think-that-being-in-drag-means-you-want/)

[Bianca Del Rio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bianca-del-rio/)

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> [There's not a long career span because you can't really make money doing drag for very long the way the system was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/there-s-not-a-long-career-span-because-you-can-t-really-make-money/)

[RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/)

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> [From the second there was drag, trans people were doing it. And when cis women started being allowed in theaters, then cis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-velour/from-the-second-there-was-drag-trans-people-were-doing-it-and-when/)

[Sasha Velour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-velour/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/sasha-velour-6096_allowed_from-the-second-there-was-drag-trans-peo_3195208.jpg)

> [For years, 'Drag Race' was gay people's best kept secret. When I started doing drag, people didn't know anything about it. Look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trixie-mattel/for-years-drag-race-was-gay-people-s-best-kept-secret-when-i-started/)

[Trixie Mattel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trixie-mattel/)

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> [I hope that people look at Brooklyn as kind of a drag utopia, because that's what it's been in my experience -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-velour/i-hope-that-people-look-at-brooklyn-as-kind-of-a-drag-utopia-because/)

[Sasha Velour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-velour/)

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> [I actually started off - believe it or not - doing drag. I travelled the world because I was a completely off-the-wall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristian-nairn/i-actually-started-off-believe-it-or-not-doing-drag-i-travelled-the/)

[Kristian Nairn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristian-nairn/)

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> [I love that drag is political. For me, one of the reasons I started doing drag was reading about how in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-velour/i-love-that-drag-is-political-for-me-one-of-the-reasons-i-started/)

[Sasha Velour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-velour/)

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> [Trans women, trans men, AFAB - which is assigned female at birth - and non-binary performers, but especially trans women of color,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-velour/trans-women-trans-men-afab-which-is-assigned-female-at-birth-and-non/)

[Sasha Velour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-velour/)

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> [I was doing drag as just a hobby on the weekends to let my hair down. I never thought of drag was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chi-chi-devayne/i-was-doing-drag-as-just-a-hobby-on-the-weekends-to-let-my-hair-down/)

[Chi Chi DeVayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chi-chi-devayne/)

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> [I started doing drag in Seattle because I started doing my column before I moved here, and then moved here and wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-started-doing-drag-in-seattle-because-i-started-doing-my-column/)

[Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/)

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> [The way I've always looked at drag has been a little bit different maybe than other people because the drag community that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-velour/the-way-i-ve-always-looked-at-drag-has-been-a-little-bit-different/)

[Sasha Velour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-velour/)

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> [So my reason for doing drag, at first it was because I wanted to express this thing I had kind of stored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manila-luzon/so-my-reason-for-doing-drag-at-first-it-was-because-i-wanted-to/)

[Manila Luzon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manila-luzon/)

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> [I knew I could never be an actor as a man. It just doesn't work, you know? And so when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candis-cayne/i-knew-i-could-never-be-an-actor-as-a-man-it-just-doesn-t-work-you/)

[Candis Cayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candis-cayne/)

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> [For me to put a look together, if it's going to be a boy look or a girl look or whatever, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-izzard/for-me-to-put-a-look-together-if-it-s-going-to-be-a-boy-look-or-a/)

[Eddie Izzard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-izzard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/eddie-izzard-1732_boys_for-me-to-put-a-look-together-if-it-s-go_972028.jpg)

> [I want to literally quit drag and go live in the woods somewhere and write music for my favorite female singers, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trixie-mattel/i-want-to-literally-quit-drag-and-go-live-in-the-woods-somewhere-and/)

[Trixie Mattel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trixie-mattel/)

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## Top authors on Doing Drag

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-sasha-velour-6096.jpg) Sasha Velour 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-drag/sasha-velour/)

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