Manila Luzon

“I mean, I wouldn't sound very good next to Barbra Streisand, but I would still love to do a duet with her anyway. Maybe someone else can do the singing for me and I'll just do the lip syncing. How about that?”

“There's so much stuff in America that is very shameful. It's stuff that I can't endorse, but I still perform there.”

“Christmas Queens' is a family effort!”

“We're all going to die.”

“Everyone wants to root for the underdog.”

“I have a lot of female fans, and I feel like in this day and age, as a drag queen who is a female impersonator, I need to show my love and respect to all those female fans out there, especially my young ones who are learning about how to love themselves and love who they are in every way.”

“Sometimes a busted queen is more entertaining than a polished queen.”

“Before, gay portrayals in the media were so limiting, like a caricature of a homo. A parody almost.”

“We are all unique in our ways, but celebrating together makes us all the same.”

“The cool thing about being in drag, just like getting to play a role in a play, is that you get to play a fantasy and you get to play someone else that you're not used to.”

“You can have a beard and do drag; you can be a woman and do drag. I've met faux queens. I've met kings. Anything that you want can be considered drag in the context.”

“I've been a Latrice Royale fan since the beginning of time.”

“There's a difference between being a drag queen on TV where the masses can tune in and watch, and then at a nightclub where you have to be a certain age to get in. There's a different decorum. We're all trying to push boundaries, but also trying to stay in our lane.”

“I have a background in graphic design and have been designing t-shirt graphics for years.”

“So my reason for doing drag, at first it was because I wanted to express this thing I had kind of stored deep down inside of me and now that I've let this thing loose, this monster out into the world and I kind of got that out of my system now.”

“I love reality TV shows like 'Big Brother' where it's smart game to vote off the strong competitors, especially early on to give the other people a fighting chance. From a game stance, it's totally acceptable.”

“Musically, I'm always inspired by the legends like Barbra Streisand.”

“Drag allows people to celebrate their individuality, together.”

“Working Holiday' goes out to those earning their pay and a half: from retail employees at the mall and the kids selling popcorn at the movies, to the waiters at Chinese restaurants!”

“My first real memory of makeup was when I was a teenager and I kind of had some acne issues and I wondered why it was OK for girls to wear foundation but boys weren't allowed to wear makeup.”