Top 111 Quotes & Sayings by Michelle Visage - Page 2

I get tons of emails every day from a lot of gays and young girls asking for help with their self-confidence and to heal and to feel. Even though I'm not an equipped social worker, I think the mom presence that I have makes them feel safe.

There have always been drag queens everywhere.

I love creating. I love being with creative people who can think quickly on their feet.

There are a lot of kids out there that look at me as their mother, and I have my two biological children, and there are so many queens that look at me as an aunt or some sort of confidante, and I can absorb it really well.

For me, my favorite Mariah Carey songs were never the singles, ever. My favorite Mariah song of all time is 'Sent From Up Above' from her first album, or 'Vanishing,' songs no one talks about.

You can't get anything gayer than 'RuPaul's Drag Race!'

It takes an awful lot to offend me.

My parents both worked; I was a 'latchkey kid.' We were lower-middle class, and they did everything that they could to give me anything I wanted, within reason. We were not rich by any stretch of the imagination, but being an adopted kid, I think we had a different connotation. My parents tried extra hard, I think.

I always tell the parents, 'You don't have to approve of your children; you just have to accept them for who they are.'

I always felt ,like, I'll leave autobiographies to the people who are kind of iconic.

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.

There's only RuPaul.

I help tons of people through their sobriety and getting help, but not because I have lived it but because I love them, care about them, and want them to live their best lives possible. If I can help anyone through that, then that it is my honor.

Listen, there's an expiration date for everything, but I mean, we're not burning out on 'Top Models,' are we? We're not burning out on making things in a 'Runway' room, are we? We're not getting enough 'Got Talent,' right? We'll never run out of talent. So, how could there be a 'Drag' burnout?

If you listen to what I'm saying, there's always a reason for it. Always. And it always comes from my heart, a place of love.

My husband's my soul mate. At the same time, RuPaul's my soul mate.

We have to fight for what's right the same way the brothers and sisters that came before us did. The ultimate example, and there are many others, was The Stonewall Inn. They were pushed until they could take no more.

Drag is never going to be completely mainstream because it's still a queer art form.

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.

You don't have to give up your dreams in order to earn a living - they can go hand in hand.

When you go into a show, you pray it's successful, but you just don't know what's going to happen.

I'm loud and hard and in your face, and I tell the truth, and I think a lot of people fear the truth.

When I moved to New York City to go college, my mother said, 'If you want to be recognized, you need to go out to a club.' Because we didn't have computers. We didn't have social media. We didn't even have cellphones. So you had to go out to be recognized.

You can all get what you want to get, and so my journey was to show you how many times along the way adversity has stared me right in the face, and I've looked it right back and said, 'No.'

I was a theater major, and I remember being in college, and whenever my professor would assign me songs that I hated, I really had a hard time singing them. One time, I even faked sick so I wouldn't have to sing a song.

There are different types of people in this world, and I am the type of person who loves to give.

I was raised in New York, so that's the greatest city in the world to me, but if you take that out of the equation, then London is my favourite city, and I'm a huge fan of Dublin as well.

As an adopted kid, it means a lot when I hear women say, 'I don't want kids.' I have a lot of respect for them.

My mother was incredible.

For red-carpet gowns, Christian Siriano is one of my favourites.

I think we've seen every type of drag come across the stage of 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' and there is no end in sight of what can be on the stage.

You get one go round in this life. Why are you going to settle for second best when you can get everything you want out of it?

Give Good Face is about keeping an air of confidence on the outside and showing everybody that you have what it takes.

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.

I'm too much of a broad; I make men shake in their boots because I have a male dominance in my make-up that makes them feel emasculated.

When I grew up where I grew up, things were very, very different, and nobody had a filter. And that's what brought us together.

'RuPaul's Drag Race'... is very little about boys who dress up in girls' clothing: it's very much about grit, integrity, heart, power of perseverance, and the power of love. It's also opening a dialogue up about the persecution and the marginalization of trans people, of queer people, of gender non-binary and gender fluid people.

I am just forthcoming - completely blunt and honest.

I love Marc Jacobs and what Kim Jones is doing for Dior Homme.

I was really into punk rock but also into musical theater.

I am really high maintenance and won't walk through the microwave that fries your body. I always request a pat down [in airport].

The way I deliver it is meant to be fun. Does it hurt sometimes? Yes, but it is meant to be funny not offensive.

I think Ru [Paul] gave me the best advice when he said to talk into a recorder and transcribe it. That is what worked for me. I just talked. Out of the talking I listened to it found what was cohesive. It all came together.

In the career world we are downsizing. That means the one person that will keep their job will do three or four jobs for the same amount of money. You have to be that way these days.

I didn't go in to make friends or not make friends.

I have stayed in touch and connected with many over the years. I am very lucky that way. Some that you don't expect to connect with you will wind up loving. The ones that you look the forward to the most will sometimes let you down.

Everyone goes through their evolution and I go through mine and you go through yours.

Chronicle Books is a wonderful book company. I love how everything represents who I am. The Diva Rules! is not an autobiography in the sense that I am talking about my life but more about my journey as to where I am now. People told me I would never make it. I was staring in the face of adversity and did it anyway. I chronicle it through the years. It is about finding your strength.

I stand behind what I say. If I don't want it to be out there then I won't say it. I am not out to hurt somebody. I am out to call attention to certain things but I am also out to make people laugh with my delivery and style of bluntness.

Ross [Mathews] was my favorite for years so I am glad he is part of the family. I have stayed in touch and connected with many over the years. I am very lucky that way.

I think it is about individuality so I don't have a sense to tell someone they need a makeover. One example I would give is Mariah Carey. She has been the same for so long but I bet she is thinking, "If it ain't broke then don't fix it." She is dated but I love Mariah for that.