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Sasha Velour Quotes

I want to do performance that inspires people to be true to themselves and has tangible impact on the community. Not just because I want to be a role model - I just think it's the best way to honor the tradition of drag.

Sasha Velour

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: entertainer
Nationality: american
Birth: June 25, 1987

Topics

Community Best People Performance

Mum and dad thought I was going to say I was pregnant. I said oh no, no, I've just been nominated for a Golden Globe. They were like, oh that's lovely, love.

Melissa George

Love Thought Said Say Golden Lovely

I am amused by cricket because it seems to take longer than baseball and I like that. It seems like a sport I could have made up it - it takes several days to play and everyone wears sweaters. I can't confess to knowing what's going on at all.

John Hodgman

Baseball I Am Cricket Play Knowing

Rock evolved out of rebellion, so when you turn on the Billboard Awards or something like the Grammys, and there's no rock on there, that's a good sign - because that means that rock is not welcome inside of a pop format.

Ann Wilson

Good Welcome You Rock Awards Turn

I do have a son. He's out of school now. He never played football. And it had nothing to do with me. I was actually crushed that he didn't play football. I thought, 'Oh my God, this is awful.' My brothers all played football. My dad played football.

Ann McKee

Son Thankful Football Soccer Play

My father is Italian, and I never met my paternal grandparents. The family name was 'Caroselli' and it was changed in the mid '50s. I think they wanted to assimilate, which was pretty common, although I love the name 'Caroselli.'

Steve Carell

Family Love Father Think Name Never

The reality is that a person who has always struggled with numbers is unlikely to be a great accountant or statistician.

Tom Rath

Great Reality Accountant Person Who

When you're sitting in the basement trying to get on, you have no choice - you've gotta figure out how to make a song: 'I've gotta bang on these buttons until it sounds good.'

Russ

Good Song Trying You Choice Sitting

A vacation for me is when I'm home and I'm writing.

Mary Pope Osborne

Home Vacation Me Writing

Family is very important. Me and my brothers were very close when I was growing up. We did a lot of things together to survive. If you have family behind you, the sky's the limit.

Michael Oher

Family Together Sky Me Growing Up

I'm trying to adapt - they say you have to adapt to vertigo.

Jason Day

Trying You Adapt Say They Say

Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.

Christian Scott

Music History Great Man Appreciation

It was my Mum who got me into singing properly - she knew I had to do something with my voice because she knew I was talented. She was the one who pushed me into joining a choir all those years ago, when I was about 12. I remember she told me to start with the choir and just see where it took me.

Susan Boyle

Me Singing Start Voice Remember She