Quotes about Personal Growth

Growing up, I felt like it was very dangerous to mess up in any way, both in front of men and in front of other girls. It was like you couldn't make mistakes. So having a female friend who's like, 'Get over yourself. You're driving me crazy!' - that's been one of my most important parts of becoming an adult.

In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.

I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.

I don't blame Le Havre. Back then, I wasn't an easy person to handle. I was always one of the first to mess around. So there were a lot of reasons why my adventure stopped at that point.

When I started in 'Drag Race,' I didn't know anything about drag - my makeup was a mess, my hair was a mess, but I love what I was doing.

I was a college coach, and I messed up. And I found a way to deal with the consequences and be better.

Of course, life is not a Disney movie. Life is messy. There were some people in my family who made gay jokes and used inappropriate language while I was growing up. Coming out to some people was more challenging than others, but in the end, I was amazed by how much my sexuality didn't matter.

My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.

I never thought in my whole life of becoming a heavy metal singer, but it just happened because I took the challenge.

I miss everything, fighting here, the friends, my family and the food, but I knew that to succeed and fulfill my dreams I needed to leave Mexico.

I was really excited about going to Miami because of coach Riley. And getting with him has been a change for me and really good for me.

We did the 'L.A. to Miami' album, with the song 'Miami, My Amy,' which really saved my life as far as confidence goes. It gave me a hit. But it wasn't really what I was about - and I think deep down inside I knew it, even if I didn't want to face it.

The days of an open mic night when I'd rock up in an old jumper are over.

Michelle had several boyfriends before she met me, and she had a lot of baggage from those relationships with other boys. We both talked about this, and we didn't want our children to have the same problems that we've had.

There is so much more than just what you do in the ring and what you do on the microphone.

I definitely don't think I'm going to have a mid-life crisis.

You find yourself approaching middle age, playing another scuzzy rock club.

I grew up a geek. I added comedy to it midway through high school.

I started out as someone who could not run a mile straight. I called myself a 'run/walker.'

I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred.

The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles.

To grow up five miles outside of the greatest city in the world is a bizarre experience.

I'm a regular run-of-the mill guy learning on the way up, taking responsibility for his mess-ups.

I was ahead of my classmates in some ways. While they were enjoying Mills & Boons, I was reading Ayn Rand.