Bob the Drag Queen

“My drag mom is YouTube. I learned everything I wanted to learn. You can learn anything on YouTube.”

“I was raised in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. And I think that has practically everything to do with, you know, my formative years. I'm also black. So, this is what we're talking about, intersectionality, right? I'm also queer. And I'm also non-binary. And I think all these cultures have contributed to every essence of my being.”

“Sometimes being your most authentic self involves accepting others for who they are.”

“I'm used to people being irritated by me. I'm like, girl, whatever. Be irritated. I'm gonna live my dream.”

“I love how Americans are like, 'I'm just going to get up and move!' That's not how the world works. You don't get to just get up and move to Canada.”

“Queer clubs are safe spaces because no one's judging you for what the rest of the world is judging you for there.”

“Dreams really do come true, which sounds so cheesy but it's really true.”

“After drag, I remove lashes, then remove most makeup with a Ponds Moisture Clean Exfoliating Towelette. If I don't have a moist one on the road, I will use a dried-out makeup wipe by rewetting it with water.”

“I like to, you know, add a little bit of my expression into my coffee - I was really doing French Vanilla for a minute, but I realized that the International Delight Caramel Macchiato: She's the girl for me.”

“I did not spend a lot of money. I realistically spent maybe, maybe $3,000 to go on 'Drag Race.'”

“I listen to 'This American Life,' 'Serial,' 'S-Town,' 'Feast of Fun.' I listened to 'What's the Tee?' And that has really helped me throughout my entire drag career - podcasts have been a mainstay in my life as a drag artist.”

“I have a direct hand in the queer zeitgeist, and what I'm putting out there has to be something I'm proud of.”

“You don't get to tell people why they can't be offended. That's not how that works.”

“When I was younger I used to make wallets and purses out of newspaper and I would give them out to people.”

“Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm sad.”

“The process of going on 'Drag Race' is, in my opinion, more than a fiscal investment. It's cultural. It's the 'Game of Thrones' of reality TV.”

“No one told me that if you can't sing, you probably won't be on Broadway. No one told me that!”

“If you had a friend going through a lot, you wouldn't give them a hard time for going through it. You'd be like, it's ok you're going through it. So offer yourself the same grace and dignity that you'd offer to others.”

“My dad's name is 'The Drag Queen.'”

“Drag went from being referential to being the reference, which is crazy.”