RuPaul Quotes

We are all illusionists and that's why we are attracted to drag queens. This whole world is an illusion. It's not real.

When someone wrongs you, walk away from them and don't ever look back.

No one wants a cherry pie that bites back.

Spirituality has nothing to do with church, and everything to do with hair.

The greatest truths in life are the ones your fellow queens are willing to tell you.

It's important to make a great first impression, so make sure to hold on to your damn weave.

Love yourself. KNOW thyself. And be mindful of your thoughts.

When you're face to face with someone less worthy, tell them.

Throw a little shade when you need to.

My life is so much better, it's so much more enriched if I make the effort, if I actually celebrate with gladitude the fact that I get to be on this gorgeous planet.

My motivation comes from a love of being creative. I'm in love with music and colour and laughter and dancing and all things that are beautiful.

I love to laugh, I love color, I love texture, and I love creativity, so I was always inspired by people who incorporate those things in their work.

I'm motivated by the laughter, honestly. It's really not about the money or being more famous. I really love creativity.

To this day it cracks me up to think that my debut on national British television as a reporter ends with me turning a trick.

When I think about my Glamazon, would that character get down if someone said her thighs were heavy? No, she knows what other people think is none of her damn business.

Our bodies are just temporary vessels for our souls, which will go on forever. You really are an extension of the power that created the whole universe, no matter what drags you have on.

My music is a reflection of what I really love to listen to, pop, dance, mid tempo dance and ballads.

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.

When I was about 13, 14 - 13, I would carry a magic marker with me everywhere I went so I could write the word "Bowie" on everything that wasn't mine.

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.

Some girls talk to the boys in the chat room, my girls talk to the boys in the backroom.

Sharon Needles. Did I meet you at the free clinic?

There's really no way to fast-track someone because the rate that their brain is able to interpret the information they're getting is on pace with life.

I can always sniff out when someone is being what they think I want them to be, which is the complete opposite. I really want a queen to be herself.

Some people are beyond help, just accept that.

The main thing that motivates me is laughter, and colors, and music, and dancing! And I do all of the above every day.

You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don't care! Just as long as you call me.

I'm a regular Joe...I just have the unique ability to accessorize.

Very little is off -limits, but draw the line at being unkind.

But if you deem them worthy, people deserve a second chance.

It's important to stay in this moment right here, the now. This moment is the most important moment of your life.

The truth is - most things are probably gonna fail. But my failures bring me to the next thing. So in that regard, nothing's a failure, it's a continuation.

Sacrifices have to be made if you want to make a dent in the world, and that's what I started out to do - to make a dent in pop culture.

There's not a long career span because you can't really make money doing drag for very long the way the system was set up for so many years.

It's important to use a stage name so that your real name doesn't appear on public records.

The whole point is to live life and be - to use all the colors in the crayon box.

Don't believe the hype don't believe what it tells you on your driver's license. You are an extension of the power that created this whole universe.

I go to the gym at five in the morning and then go do a hike.

Ego loves identity. Drag mocks identity. Ego hates drag.

In the great tradition of Paris Is Burning, bring out your library cards! Because reading is what? Fundamental!

Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.

If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?