Top 44 BeBe Zahara Benet Quotes

I’m very excited to be able to take the Jungle Kitty experience to different places and travel with it and meet all the different jungle kitties out there.

The first thing I do when I get up is pray and meditate to center myself for the day ahead. I ask for inspiration in my creative endeavors, guidance in my relationships and patience in my journey. It’s a great way to get focused for the day.

I feel like when you call us drag queens, it stereotypes us. It puts us as labels and I feel like we are performers.

I don’t let the fans rule my world and rule what I do, or how I do it, because as artists we give what we give and you receive how you want to receive.

I hope I don’t come off as being cocky.

Anybody who has been following me right from the get-go, even prior to being on ‘Drag Race,’ has known that my platform has always been about spreading love and spreading light and celebrating identity. It’s always been very positive because I feel like we need that.

I don’t have anything to prove because I’ve already validated myself and my work speaks for itself.

People love culture and authenticity.

There is something about the art form and about drag entertainers that is very uplifting.

When I started performing, there wasn’t Facebook and Social Media was not huge as it is now.

You have to the good and you have to take the bad. I don’t take the bad. I only take the good.

I don’t get intimidated, you know. Because I feel like when you get intimidated, you become nervous, and then you turn to fear.

At the end of the day, I come from a culture and an upbringing where you create your own path. There is no seat at the table for you? You create your own opportunity.

Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rihanna, all of these artists that we do love – you see so much of what we do, the personas, makeup, hair, fashion – like, all of is now incorporated in pop culture, and a lot of it has to do with drag, because we over-exaggerate everything, right? We take it out to the next level.

Prior to the online platform, I had to make sure I go around and have conversations and go to schools and make appearances. But now with online presence, I try to put out videos and different posts every day. I try to inspire.

I do represent a different aesthetic to drag, I have a different point of view with everything.

I’ve always wanted people to feel great about themselves, for people to know how special they are and really love themselves and accept themselves and celebrate themselves.

For so many years women have reached out to drag entertainers asking for help or advice with their style, makeup or they just want to be our friends.

People always ask me, how did you grow up to be so confident? I tell them, I always look in the mirror and say I belong, you are so beautiful and you are meant to be here.

There are a lot of BeBe Zahara Benets in Africa. It’s important that our continent can move forward, and respect diversity.

Generally speaking, the term, ‘vanity,’ itself can be perceived as negative, superficial and egotistical, but I see it as being unapologetic for celebrating other sides of my artistry.

On stage, we embrace every ounce of ourselves, we celebrate who we are, we are honest and live our truth – and we inspire people to do the same.

I have a motherly instinct and I’m always trying to give therapy.

A lot of my fans and supporters have been asking for an album.

I think it’s important as artists to always keep creating and always have stuff in the archive because you never know when you will need them. I’m that kind of artist. I always plan.

People sometimes think that drag queens are always really confident and fearless because we transform ourselves into these beautiful creatures, and they believe that it’s how we live our everyday lives.

We get inspired and we learn new things.

I always keep my word.

I love rewatching ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ episodes, ‘Project Runway,’ ‘Making the Cut’ and other fun shows. If there’s fashion and/or drama involved, I’ll give it a watch. And of course I’ve got to watch my show ‘Dragnificent’ on TLC!

I like to compete with the best.

I might not the best seamstress, I might not know how to sew, but I know how to make a garment look like a million dollars.

I feel that my winning ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ and also being all the way from Africa gave people the audacity to just be themselves, all while encouraging and inspiring many people back home.

It’s very important that when we have platforms like ‘Drag Race,’ we use them to really unite forces.

Everybody deserves to showcase their different talents and there’s always somebody new you can tap into.

I try to keep a balanced diet, but I always leave room for dessert.

I go into the kitchen and cook with music on or go for walks around my neighborhood when I feel the most overwhelmed.

Dressing up like a woman does not make me less of a man.

The worst frame of mind to be in is what the fans like or what the fans want, because then you lose the authenticity of who you are as an artist and who you are as a person.

You know, many people do not know that I am so immersed when it comes to music. I have such a huge knowledge of music. I like my songs, I like my melodies, my harmonies, you know.

Seasoned queens can also learn new tricks, right?

Of course, Jungle Kitty got really famous when I was doing it on ‘All Stars 3.’ I was just writing the song, and the words came out – that was the state of mind i was in.

I’m a nurturer by nature!

To me, Jungle Kitty is a frame of mind where you don’t apologize for who you are. You’re very ferocious, you’re a free spirit, you’re outgoing. You don’t conform to labels. It’s really that side of me… she’s so regal and she’s so royal.

Drag Race’ is a competition.