Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

When in doubt, freak 'em out.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

Discrimination must always be drawn out, like venom from the wound.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

If anyone boos you offstage, that is simply applause from ghosts.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

Sometimes I'm not even really quite sure why I do what I do - do I do it because I like to show that I'm an educated person to exploit these certain things artistically and, in my opinion, in a very smart way - or am I just a punk rock brat that likes pushing people's buttons and relishing in the negative reaction? I can't tell.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

I love Halloween. I mean, yes, I consider every day to be Halloween, but it's a very special day for me.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

Two people live within me. One's a very savvy businessperson; the other's a party girl.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

I like money but I love performance art and it goes hand in hand. I'm not the 'Titanic,' I'm 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' I'm not a blockbuster, I'm a cult classic. I think my strong but cult-like fanbase expects me to challenge norms.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

In the entertainment industry women are often judged. They judge bigger women, they judge black women, and older women too. We just don't do that in drag. Drag is open to everyone, regardless of gender, body shape or age.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

It has always been my aim to live everyday like Halloween by celebrating individuality and creative freedom within a world of horror.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

Love is a universal thing that everyone understands. Love, like death, is the only thing that binds humanity.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

The thing about fame is, you want it your whole life, but no matter how bright you are, no one ever asks themselves why they want fame. You never really know what it is until you have it. You can never tangibly feel your own fame.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

It's a pleasure to join the ranks of Debbie Rochon, Linnea Quigley, and Heather Langenkamp as one of America's most recognizable Scream Queens!

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

The most powerful woman I know is my mother, and she doesn't wear any make up at all.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

I did drag out of necessity. I had to do it... I had to create this other character because - because she's cheaper than therapy.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

I love what news has become. It's no longer based on facts, it's based on entertainment.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

Most American adults know what a drag queen is, but as they're portrayed in films like 'Dressed to Kill' and 'Silence of the Lambs.'

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

In the past, when I lacked designer duds, I simply relied on my hot glue gun.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

I was raised on GG Allen, Divine, Elvira and Marilyn Manson. I was always more interested in those button pushing, transgressive artists and they made a lot of good money doing it.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

I was really into the bimbo archetype that filled late 80s-early 90s TV when I was growing up. You know, women circling the want ads with nail polish, Rhonda Shear from 'U.S.A. Up All Night,' Peggy Bundy.

Sharon Needles
Sharon Needles

Some people say, 'Oh you're a weird queen. You're a punk queen.' All queens are weird! I don't care if you're in a sickening gown or dressed as an octopus. You are treating every day as if it were Halloween. You are donning a character and a persona that isn't real.