Top 47 Quotes & Sayings by Manila Luzon

My music video for 'Go Fish' is really fun. Just like the card game, if you're dealt a crappy hand, play it the best you can and you can always pick another card and try again. It's my little message.

If you're gonna win, you wanna beat the best.

My first real memory of makeup was when I was a teenager and I kind of had some acne issues and I wondered why it was OK for girls to wear foundation but boys weren't allowed to wear makeup.

Drag allows people to celebrate their individuality, together.

RuPaul's Drag Race' is my favorite TV show.

There's a difference between being a drag queen on TV where the masses can tune in and watch, and then at a nightclub where you have to be a certain age to get in. There's a different decorum. We're all trying to push boundaries, but also trying to stay in our lane.

There's so much stuff in America that is very shameful. It's stuff that I can't endorse, but I still perform there.

I love reality TV shows like 'Big Brother' where it's smart game to vote off the strong competitors, especially early on to give the other people a fighting chance. From a game stance, it's totally acceptable.

I don't think being Latin queen is a disadvantage.

Working Holiday' goes out to those earning their pay and a half: from retail employees at the mall and the kids selling popcorn at the movies, to the waiters at Chinese restaurants!

Sometimes a busted queen is more entertaining than a polished queen.

I had no idea I would be able to have a career in drag that's lasted this long, at the level that I get to do it at.

Put your problems into perspective and it usually turns out things aren't nearly so bad. And when they are, look to those memories of happy times. Keep some happiness on reserve for those rainy days!

I have a lot of female fans, and I feel like in this day and age, as a drag queen who is a female impersonator, I need to show my love and respect to all those female fans out there, especially my young ones who are learning about how to love themselves and love who they are in every way.

I was able to save up a lot of money over the years of working hard so that I can buy myself cute shoes.

I've started a line of Manila dolls and they're all going to be wearing my favourite outfits - the spaghetti and meatballs one is the first one, I'm really excited.

I've been a Latrice Royale fan since the beginning of time.

If you don't clap for Todrick Hall, guess what Mary, you're a homophobe.

It's OK to be gay, and it's OK to buy an album by gay musicians.

I mean, I wouldn't sound very good next to Barbra Streisand, but I would still love to do a duet with her anyway. Maybe someone else can do the singing for me and I'll just do the lip syncing. How about that?

Now that we're seeing that you can be a really masculine football player and a homosexual, you can be a really girly boy who likes to dress in women's clothes, I think that it's just been adding to the whole discussion about homosexuality and society.

I always get nervous when performing. Always!

Drag isn't always about expensive rhinestone gowns; it's about what's entertaining.

Musically, I'm always inspired by the legends like Barbra Streisand.

You can wear whatever you want to make you feel pretty or fabulous.

My parents made me take piano lessons from 1st grade to when I graduated from high school, and music never came to me as naturally as my other more visual artistic talents.

We are all unique in our ways, but celebrating together makes us all the same.

I'm a really big fan of Monique Heart. I always think she has some really creative ideas.

Everyone wants to root for the underdog.

A lot of the inspiration for my album 'Rules' was the cheekiness of Aqua.

I live in N.Y.C.; Latin queens are sick'ning!

I just welcome all the support. And take all the help you can get.

Before, gay portrayals in the media were so limiting, like a caricature of a homo. A parody almost.

You can have a beard and do drag; you can be a woman and do drag. I've met faux queens. I've met kings. Anything that you want can be considered drag in the context.

So my reason for doing drag, at first it was because I wanted to express this thing I had kind of stored deep down inside of me and now that I've let this thing loose, this monster out into the world and I kind of got that out of my system now.

The cool thing about being in drag, just like getting to play a role in a play, is that you get to play a fantasy and you get to play someone else that you're not used to.

Sometimes I feel like there's a little bit of woman deep down inside of me, that when I put on the drag, she's able to come out.

I'm inspired by my surroundings. That's why I create dresses or videos around simple everyday things! I also love playing with nostalgic things from my childhood like cartoons. I like my art to trigger some sort of memory from my viewers, something they can relate to.

Christmas Queens' is a family effort!

We need folks who are queer or trans, to have an opportunity to tell their story.

Antoine and Sahara Davenport were really able to help me learn about drag. We really fed off each other. Together, we just clicked. We were both part of 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' so we both got to go through this experience together.

I have a background in graphic design and have been designing t-shirt graphics for years.

I really think my fun personality is my ace in the hole. I will never claim to be the most beautiful or most talented queen, because I can think of many queens who fit that description. However, it's my "charisma" that takes me to a higher level in my drag!

I am a pig! I love to eat! i will eat anything! If you put it front of me, I will put it in my mouth, even if it doesn't taste good! And I can't stop eating until all the food is gone. It's probably one of the contributing factors as to why I became a drag queen. I can eat whatever I want, because I can just strap myself into a corset!

Playing on stereotypes was meant to be humorous. If it doesn't tickle you in certain spots, it's not going to be funny. Falling down the stairs is a seriously dangerous thing, but watching it is HILARIOUS!

If people don't like you, it doesn't matter how much uniqueness, nerve or talent you have!

I consider myself an artist, but instead of paint or clay, my medium is drag. I put so much of myself into my drag from every detail of the costume, makeup and hair to my performance, the way I speak or even stand.