Alyssa Edwards Quotes

Alyssa Edwards

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : January 16, 1980

I always had to fight for the chance to get people to hear me.

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I had to find the courage to share not only myself but my art with the world. I faced fear, and I went for it. I wasn't a failure, and I'm very proud of myself.

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I think that drag, being mainstream, it's such a wonderful thing because even my sister, years ago, they thought it was so taboo and didn't understand it, or maybe they thought, 'Justin, do you want to be a woman?' and I'm like, 'No, Alyssa's my character.'

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I think that people are looking beyond the wig. I think they are saying, This isn't just a costume; there's a person behind this. If this costume, this character, this person has this kind courage? Why don't we share that?

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I remember going on stage for the very first time as a solo act, I was probably, like, nine or 10 years old. And being backstage, I started having anxiety... I was literally getting sick.

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Growing up as a little, introverted boy, dance was the only way I could communicate. For me, it's the greatest language - no words. Sharing people's stories through the art of movement is magical.

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You don't have to win 'Drag Race' to really win. And I am living proof of that, thank you Mary J. Blige!

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I have such respect for RuPaul.

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I was a hyper little kid.

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Violet Chachki - I'm a huge fan of her work.

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I've changed as a person because of the art of drag.

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When you combine a Texas woman in a competition setting with her child, she gets very serious.

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A good dancer is not necessarily defined by great technique, skill, or ability to pick up choreography but by confidence. When you feel the music, it penetrates to your soul. Everybody's a dancer. The greatest dancer is someone who is willing to dance, not afraid.

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You decide how to show up, and you'd better come correct: the way you look, what you say, how you act and react. No excuses! Get in front of the mirror and own what you see. You may have to drag your fabulousness out of hiding, but it's there.

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Every performer will have a bad night. It's just inevitable.

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I'm just authentically, unapologetically myself. In and out of drag, in and out of the gig, in and out of the studio. My friends know. Miss Thing Over There wakes up 8 A.M. and she's on. The sun, the rain, the snow, whatever's going on outside, I'm ready.

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I knew I wanted to be the Steven Spielberg of dance.

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I've always been the rock of my family.

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I think I'm just always myself, and I think that's what's most important to me. Just be genuine. Be authentic. Be who you are and who you were meant to be. And celebrate that. Celebrate all of that.

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I started doing drag because I needed a creative outlet for myself.

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