A biography for Chappell Roanhasn’t been written yet.
“People only care about you just being really hot. That's it. There couldn't possibly be anything more interesting about you than being gorgeous, and that's why I feel so comfortable dressing sometimes scary or really jarring.”
“I get so freaked out by film people.”
“Kesha has always stood up for women and what she believes in, and that's very inspiring.”
“I can put out music whenever I want. I don't have to wait for a casting director to be like, 'It would be great if we cast you, and then we'll decide your schedule for the next three months.'”
“The original Pro Shop was in my hometown in Missouri. It was incredible. Whenever I see Bass Pro hats here in L.A., I'm like, 'You do not know about that.'”
“I am really picky when it comes to writers. I like it when people push me and tell me that my lyrics or the performance is not good enough.”
“Drag is like a spa for my soul.”
“Part of me hopes I never have a hit again because then no one will ever expect anything from me again.”
“My name means a lot to me. It's become like a drag name now, which doesn't minimize the meaning - it just expands it.”
“My career doesn't mean anything more now that I have a charting album and song.”
“What's so sad is I think drag is the funnest, most beautiful thing I've ever seen. It just breaks my heart that young people are not able to see it. But yeah, I still have queens open for me.”
“I think that, looking back - even though I probably never would have said this until I was in my 20s - thank God I grew up in the Midwest because I have such a different perspective. And I appreciate different things because of it.”
“The only Grammy I want to win is album packaging.”
“I'm really glad the persona that I have, the drag version, is still very much me.”
“I was definitely being held back. I just felt so trapped, and it was debilitating the amount that I felt hopeless and helpless.”
“Especially as a queer person who has the privilege of making money off the queer community to support myself, it's important to redistribute funds.”
“I think that I am an artist who proves myself through what I actually do, not what I say. That's why the live show means so much to me... It's the most important thing because it is the realest part, to me. I think everything else is just online.”
“That is why we slave away in the studio for years and years and years, to bring something that an audience can bring to life, actually.”
“We have no problem making art that's almost obnoxiously gay.”
“I get to feel the energy of other people. It's so cool to have shows so packed and have so much joy in the room.”