My long-term goal is to play a drag role or a female role in a Broadway production. — Jinkx Monsoon Actor Copy Share Image
Drag is very much an art form, and all art goes through ebbs and flows and trends. — Jinkx Monsoon Art Copy Share Image
I think there's something for anyone who wants to be a performer in Seattle. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
When you are living your truth, you will meet people who love you for that truth. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
Drag queens, our whole art form is about taking inspiration from artists we adore. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
If one wants to be called a queen, one should act with civility and grace. — Jinkx Monsoon Civility Copy Share Image
I play a lot of video games, cook meals for my best friends and chosen family in Seattle, and find time to… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
I'm not the hugest fan of pop music and electro music, which is why 'The Inevitable Album' was entirely live instruments. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
A lot of people just feel really impacted and inspired by drag in ways that I don't think we, as self-absorbed drag… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
I was so nervous competing against Lyneshia Sparx. She's so gorgeous, and she's hilarious. When you get to know her, she's the… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
I am only really attracted to people who are very open-minded and embrace and celebrate people who live outside the gender norm. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
When you become your own boss, and your artwork becomes your livelihood, it becomes the only thing you think about. — Jinkx Monsoon Artist Copy Share Image
I did 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' two years in a row in the winter in Seattle, and that was an amazing… — Jinkx Monsoon Amazing Copy Share Image
Who knows where I would be if I hadn't gone on Drag Race and gotten that kick in the rear to step… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
I think my favourite thing about doing conventions is the parents taking their kids to see their favourite drag idols, because open-minded,… — Jinkx Monsoon Change Copy Share Image
I started drag in Portland, Oregon, but I don't feel that I came to life as a drag queen until I started… — Jinkx Monsoon Career Copy Share Image
I was raised Catholic primarily by my mom's side of the family. But at 18, I found out there was an adoption… — Jinkx Monsoon Adoption Copy Share Image
In my world, everything has the potential to be funny. Joyful things, painful things... It's all about how you view it and… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
I very much treat my stage persona of Jinkx as a character I've created. Some drag artists do a look-based glamour act,… — Jinkx Monsoon Character Copy Share Image
It used to be that I'd do drag, then get out of drag, and try and be as much of a boy… — Jinkx Monsoon Authentic Copy Share Image
No matter who you are in your day-to-day life, and no matter what you look like, and whatever insecurities you're dealing with,… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
It's not enough to just be a good singer. You have to know where your roots come from. If you sing jazz,… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
It's hard to have a fruitful romantic life when I'm never in one place for long. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
We have such an amazing drag community, and I don't think people fully realize it about Seattle. — Jinkx Monsoon Amazing Copy Share Image
I've had some really great experiences in London and the fans are really loyal and always happy to have us. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
I feel that drag queens impersonate very strong, independent women who inspired us throughout our lives. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
I think the best way I've grown as an artist period, not just in relation to creating music, is having a lot… — Jinkx Monsoon Art Copy Share Image
There's a mixture of pride and self-loathing in Jewish female comedians that I've always admired and wanted to bring into Jinkx. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
My motto is water off a duck's back. Meaning: don't let negativity weigh you down, perpetuate positive thinking. — Jinkx Monsoon Ducks Copy Share Image
What makes me angry is closed mindedness, prejudice against those who are different from you, reveling in one's own ignorance. — Jinkx Monsoon Angry Copy Share Image
What I love about what I do is expanding people's minds on the topics of gender expression, gay rights, and most of… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
When you aimlessly shoot for lofty goals, with no personal connection to them, you loose sight of what really matters, and what… — Jinkx Monsoon Connections Copy Share Image
I really like women who are able to be classy and poised and really well put together when the time is right,… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
You don't know that you're not a solo artist or standup comedian or drag cabaret artist until you try it. — Jinkx Monsoon Art Copy Share Image
We should not be assuming anything for anyone else's gender, because gender is defined by the individual. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
I was always ready to submit my life to my career - but I don't think anything could have truly prepared me… — Jinkx Monsoon Career Copy Share Image
I guess it wasn't really part of my story on 'Drag Race' but I'm a trained actor and singer. — Jinkx Monsoon Actor Copy Share Image
