Trixie Mattel Quotes

When I first came out, I was a film student, and my mom sewed clothes. I was already doing a million things then, whatever it took to survive. If I had to braid someone's hair to get one pound for my lunch money, that's what I did.

We didn't have money for toys, so I made my own.

I do it all, man. I produce, I do my own wardrobe and my own ironing, too!

My mother could make something out of nothing - and everything started from scratch.

You know how people love to glamorize poverty? There's nothing glamorous about it. But it did make me really creative. Those days, I was literally taking t-shirts in the day and sewing them back together to make dresses for the night.

I usually just dress myself. I typically make something or buy something and fix it up. I really like to spend my money on accessories like bags, shoes, belts. I don't really spend on things I can make.

I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn't have a lot of money, so we learned how to scrimp, and we learned how to invent and to create. And those are learned skills.

Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at an early age.

Since I was younger I've been making the best out of nothing.

If I need something, I'll invent it.

I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again.

I'm a DIY kinda guy.

I grew up pretty much entertaining myself. So I know what its like to be in a room by myself and having fun with something.

I know that you're better off making your own products, not just waiting for someone to hand you something.

I don't feel like I should pay somebody to do something that I can do.

I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.

My music has always been enough.

The do-it-yourself lifestyle is something that I've translated into wrestling.

Growing up, I didn't have a lot and always wanted things. But I was too prideful to ask for anything; I always worked for it.

When I was young, I made all of my own clothes.

I'm not in the business of telling people 'DIY or die,' but I do think it's important to be as hands-on with what you're doing as possible.

I've never had much and I've never needed much. If I had only two bucks in my pocket, I knew I could spend it because I could always do another show of some kind, even on a sidewalk.

Wherever the wind blows me, I'll go! My eventual goal is to have enough experience to produce something on my own.

Most of us have heard the saying, 'Cleanliness is next to godliness.' That's a sentiment I value, but another virtue has inspired me to revise that saying. As far as I'm concerned, what's next to godliness is resourcefulness.