I chose to devote the lion's share of my time to my personal growth and to my family. I reconnected with the part of me that I had left behind.

Anybody who can step out of the house with a pair of heels and some lipstick on their lips is my hero.

We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag.

Our ego never wants to die and it will do anything to prolong its life. But the truth is, we are both spirit and ego and you have to have a balance between the two. Your spirit never dies, but the ego is all about beginnings and ends.

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.

Whatever you proclaim as your identity here in the material realm is also your drag. You are not your religion. You are not your skin color. You are not your gender, your politics, your career, or your marital status. You are none of the superficial things that this world deems important. The real you is the energy force that created the entire universe!

Walking with your chest out and your head held high says you have earned the right to stomp and pummel this particular piece of real estate.