Kindness only goes so far, and then it's time to show your claws.

Throw a little shade when you need to.

Don't be jealous of my boogie.

We are all illusionists and that's why we are attracted to drag queens. This whole world is an illusion. It's not real.

I can always sniff out when someone is being what they think I want them to be, which is the complete opposite. I really want a queen to be herself.

My motivation comes from a love of being creative. I'm in love with music and colour and laughter and dancing and all things that are beautiful.

When I was a kid in San Diego, I would read fashion magazines and Interview magazine, and all of that really inspired me to create a persona. So by the time I moved to New York, in the early '80s, I'd learned how to create a persona, and I knew what my persona would be.