Michelle Visage Quotes

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Michelle Visage

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 20, 1968

Selfridges - we just look; we don't shop!

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For the kids out there that are worried about what the future holds, especially the LGBTQI+ kids, our brothers and sisters that came before us didn't fight for nothing. Trust me: we will only move forward, but you need to put your fear aside and find the strength to believe that.

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Personally, I think what's happening in my beautiful country is embarrassing, but I also know that Trump doesn't speak for the majority of us.

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I never felt welcome in the heteronormative groups.

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I was the class weirdo, but I didn't own that weirdo moniker until much later.

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When I moved to New York, the gay community welcomed me with open arms and told me how beautiful I was. I will never turn my back on them.

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It's very difficult to be fully accepting of who you are when you've got that superficial world out there.

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I love candles.

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It's taken me a long, long time to figure out how to deal with negativity, because it used to really upset me. I was always that girl that, if I was performing in the club and there was one person not paying attention or not liking me, the whole club could be packed with people loving me, but I'd be obsessed with that one person.

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I try to be happy as much as I can. I'm really not a downer; I hate victims. I hate needy people. I'm that person who always tries to make the best of any situation. I'm probably happiest when I'm with my kids or with a gaggle of gays.

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Any time you get to see a bunch of drag queens performing music and performing songs and being idiots, I'm in.

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I hit the road with a bunch of drag queens every year, sometimes two times a year. Again, as such a fan of drag, it's the art form that excites me and the longform presentation that they do. So it's super exciting to be with them, doing what they love to do and doing it well.

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The beautiful thing about 'Drag Race' is it's the most inclusive television show, probably on the planet. It's the place where kids go because they feel like they don't fit in anywhere else. It's the place they go to feel safe.

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The challenge of 'Drag Race' is always the appearance and the challenge. It's never just the challenge. It's always the combination.

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'Drag Race' is the escape that everybody needs - gay, straight, or otherwise.

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To see queer people keeping each other down makes me so sad because I've been around for a long time - I've seen the people who came before us fight for what we have right now, and they did not fight like that for us to go backwards.

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I'm a real theatre kid - that's all I ever wanted to be.

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When I was younger, I would write a ton, mostly because my mom told me I had incredible creativity and a gift of using words, only these were words that didn't get me in trouble.

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I'm a musichead. My favorite Gaga song of all time is 'You & I' - it might not be the popular vote in terms of charts or sales, but it's my favorite.

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I think if you buy the 'Christmas Queens 2' album, there will be songs you love and songs you hate, just like every other album.

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