Drag is there to remind culture not to take itself too seriously. All of this is illusion. — RuPaul Copy Share Image
You're born naked, and the rest is drag! EVERYBODY is in drag. Whether you're a man or a woman. It just depends… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Drag has always been the thing you turn to to remember to not take yourself too seriously. — RuPaul Copy Share Image
We are all illusionists and that's why we are attracted to drag queens. This whole world is an illusion. It's not real. — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Anybody who can step out of the house with a pair of heels and some lipstick on their lips is my hero. — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Doing drag in a male-dominant culture is an act of treason. It's the most punk-rock thing you can do. — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Drag queens have always taken on that role of spilling the tea - and the tea is the emperor has no clothes! — RuPaul Copy Share Image
I love drag, and I love people who gravitate toward it. Because the people who do drag are people who dance to… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Drag queens always love a portmanteau of combining words and making something new, because this whole world is shilarious. And so you… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Drag threatens people because it exposes and mocks identity. Because most people believe that they are what it says they are on… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. That's why drag is such a hard sell… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
I think drag is universal, no matter who does it. I mean, yeah, I am homosexual, but I think everybody likes to… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
I don't think drag will ever be mainstream because it's counter to what the mainstream directive is, which is picking an identity… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
As gay people, we always think outside of the box. The irreverent is always important to a drag queen and anyone else… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
A regular old drag queen is usually your science teacher who's actually wearing women's panties underneath his slacks. A drag-queen superstar is… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Drag is like breaking the fourth wall in theater where we're letting you know straight up that this is an illusion. People… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn't… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Whatever you proclaim as your identity here in the material realm is also your drag. You are not your religion. You are… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Drag is really about reminding people that you are more than you think you are - you are more than what it… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
There's not a long career span because you can't really make money doing drag for very long the way the system was… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
The only time you will ever see me in drag is when I am - What? Getting paid. It is my job. — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Give a drag queen a fish and you feed her for a day; show her how to be fishy and you feed… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
I always did what I thought was interesting. I always just did what caught my fantasy. Looking like a woman, that was… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Most women, when they ask me for beauty tips aren't really prepared for my answer, which is, there is no magic beauty… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Drag breaks the fourth wall, which is why it's never been quite accepted, because nobody wants to be told that they are… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
I started out in this business in rock and roll bands and stumbled into drag. Drag just happened to be my vehicle… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
It's a sort of piss-take on culture, because a drag queen is a clown - a parody of our society. It's a… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Our bodies are just temporary vessels for our souls, which will go on forever. You really are an extension of the power… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
What makes a gay icon is someone who possesses both masculine and feminine qualities simultaneously. — RuPaul Copy Share
For both men and women, an eyelash curler is a must. It gives your eye the appearance of being well-rested and wide open. — RuPaul Copy Share
Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you. — RuPaul Copy Share
So many times, people are afraid to start something because of fear of failing. But it can be fabulous - because it leads you… — RuPaul Copy Share
I do not impersonate females! How many women do you know who wear seven inch heels, four foot wigs, and skintight dresses? — RuPaul Copy Share
La Flavour's 'Mandolay' is a disco classic - I dare you to sit still while listening to it. — RuPaul Copy Share
I think in times of fear and hysteria in a culture, gender experimentation as it pertains to men has to go underground because it… — RuPaul Copy Share
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… — RuPaul Copy Share
You are not your body. You are actually an extension of the power that created the whole universe. — RuPaul Copy Share
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… — RuPaul Copy Share
Actually, it does start with you - if you want to change the world, change yourself. — RuPaul Copy Share
My music is a reflection of what I really love to listen to, pop, dance, mid tempo dance and ballads. — RuPaul Copy Share
