Top 44 Shangela Quotes

Even though she may not be a physical presence, for me RuPaul is an aspirational presence. Ru is out there doing her job – being RuPaul. That takes a lot of time and a lot of commitment. Besides, I don’t need RuPaul standing over my shoulder telling me ‘Good Job.’

Lady Gaga is a professional, truly, and someone who I aspire to be like as an entertainer.

You have to know what you’re worth and you have to stick with that because you’re only going to hurt yourself in the end if you bring your price point way down, as well as impact others in the market.

I’ve always had the spirit of a survivor.

People around the world get to get a sense of who you are through reality television. They are so engaged with you that if they love you, they will support you for life.

In life, you can’t control what other people are going to do; you can’t control how they’re going to behave. All you can control is how you’re going to react.

I have a lot of talent and sometimes, you know, when people see you’re a drag queen they go, ‘Oh, he’s a drag queen. That’s what he does.’ But I’m always excited to… stretch the boundaries on how they see me.

Any queen who’s ever worked in a drag bar, or even been in a drag dressing room, knows that underlying all of that is a sense of family.

I would love one day for us to all get in to drag together and all hang out. Wouldn’t that be fun, me and Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in drag skipping around the city?

I get a daily master class in Jenifer Lewis, and that’s been so special to me. If I haven’t prepared for something, she’ll ball up the script and throw it at me. She’ll say, ‘You’re not ready for this! Go downstairs and work on it.’

When things go wrong, I like to keep on working and move on.

I don’t have a sugar daddy, I’ve never had a sugar daddy.

She’s quite the professional, but I think the true Gaga – the magic of Gaga – is she knows how to dive into any element and really just be comfortable in her own skin.

The MAC Skin Primer keeps my makeup nice and smooth during application and throughout the night. I can’t be having no creases up in this mug!

We’re in the world right now where self-promotion is very accessible with the Internet and with YouTube and what I’ve learned is that you’ve got to utilize all those resources and the relationships that you have in order to make your business a success.

I’ve been to every Lady Gaga concert.

It’s amazing how far that we’ve come and the strides we’ve made in the LGBTQIA community with regard to acceptance and equality and really honoring ourselves and who we are.

My grandmother will watch any episode of a show I’m on, but she watches her soap operas every day. When I was on ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ you would have thought I had won an Oscar. She told everybody at church that I was on her favorite soap.

I’m from Paris, Texas, okay! I remember looking up and just dreaming to one day make it on an airplane.

It’s not what color you are or how you fare with fans, it’s who you are and what personality you have.

We can’t live in fear. There are going to be people who will disagree with us, but it’s important for us to stand up and say what’s right and what’s wrong.

I mean, who cannot name at least three of her songs that you’ve broken a sweat to in the club? She’s also been such an ally and an advocate to the LGBTQ+ community for so many years when it wasn’t popular, and for that reason alone I say hats off, or should I say wigs off, to Madonna!

For me specifically, after travelling around the world I noticed that performers who had web shows had huge international popularity and that segued into a lot of events reaching out to book them.

I’m the Nancy Drew of drag!

You can say a lot about Miley Cyrus, but at the end of the day, she is a professional.

I always say that the most resourceful people in the world are drag queens.

As a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ queen, I meet so many fans from so many walks of life.

I think everybody should have the right to do drag if they want to. Even if they look busted!

I’m track 3 with fabulous French dialogue on the ‘Star Is Born’ album. I’m track 3 ‘NASA’ on Ariana Grande’s album. From ‘All Stars 3,’ went to ‘Drag Race’ three times, never won. Three is my lucky number.

I think that’s what happens when drag starts to go mainstream: All of a sudden, you’re watching ‘The View’ and there are three drag queens on there and it’s not a joke. Yes, we’re here, we’re queer and you better deal with it. ‘Cause we ain’t going nowhere.

Becoming a drag entertainer and really embracing that helped me to embrace who I was as a gay person even more.

RuPaul’s Drag Race’ is the holy grail of drag.

I’m from a small country town and to now be moving around with some of the largest names in Hollywood is a dream come true.

Truly, I hope to inspire people.

I’m a work horse.

If you can find your passion in life, hold on to that. Go for it and don’t be afraid to put in the work: things will work out for you.

I know what it feels like to be on the outside, a place that you don’t belong, feeling like you’re the only one of your kind.

Honey, you know no matter how much time I spend, I’ll never look spot on like Marilyn Monroe.

It’s always been my dream, it’s always been my vision to work as an actor in Hollywood, in drag and out of drag.

I have a song called ‘Working Girl’ and it represents my whole story.

I started watching, growing, learning, and putting in extra effort to become the best queen I could.

One thing that Gaga taught me was less about makeup and more about how to be just natural through the makeup – really allow your talent to shine through, no matter what you’re doing.

Drag Race’ is a lot like ‘Game of Thrones.’ There’s a lot of different alliances, queens fight for the crown, they take the throne.

You know, when you start thinking about residencies in Las Vegas, you have J.Lo, Britney, Mariah, those types of stars. So to be performing next door or across the street from them, I’m just thrilled beyond my wildest dreams.