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“Be the product of what happens if you don't do what you're supposed to do.”
“Hollywood is built on delusion. Everyone thinks they're more important than they are. Nothing is real.”
“I think ignorance is not bliss at all. It just makes me want to punch somebody.”
“Punk to me is about fighting for something your passionate about.”
“It's so funny to think about it now, but I kind of toned everything down about myself for 'Idol.' When it came down to song choices, or hair choices, or stuff like that, producers had the final say. I never got to sing, for instance, a female artist's song.”
“I'm a little kid from Azusa - for people to even know my name in Singapore, that is huge for me. That's what I've always dreamed of.”
“Immediately after 'Idol,' I was getting pulling in so many different directions... I was just an 18-year-old thinking he's on top of the world, that kind of thing, and I just kind of fell flat.”
“No one would come to my drag shows before 'Drag Race' but I had a big social media following because I knew had to work it. I am very active on social media.”
“I'm a pessimist.”
“When I was performing as other girls, I would wear the ball gowns but that's not me.”
“Right before I auditioned for 'American Idol' my mom made me kinda cut my hair off, but year, I was wearing makeup from, like 13 to 16, and I was like completely a girl from 14 to 16.”
“I had moments on 'Idol' that were really fun, and then there were certain moments that were dark - all in the short time that I was there.”
“I see myself, ultimately, as an entrepreneur artist that is still making songs.”
“Sometimes you do need to question society, you do need to question your parents, you do need to question the media.”
“A lot of people don't know that before 'American Idol,' before I got this Jonas Brothers wardrobe going on, I grew up with skinheads and punks who fought for a cause and didn't care about skin color. I was the only little gay.”
“Raven was the first drag queen I had ever seen. Her and Detox in L.A. when I was baby. I respect Raven and Detox so much.”
“I'm really obsessed with women who blur gender, and even men, like Pete Burns.”
“Let's start the rainbow rage.”
“I've always been drawn to ambiguity.”
“I used to go to school in drag.”