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I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society.

There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original.

I wasn't playing a drag queen - I was playing an extraordinary performer.

I've always been drawn to the American style in the late '50s and '60s.

Malibu was a wellspring of counterculture group think.

In my parents' generation, rebellion was pop culture. It's not anymore.

I am never offended when I see the drag-queens dressed up like me.

I grew up counterculture. I'm essentially a hippie, and I'm essentially a folkie.

I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society. Perhaps, my belief is along the old saying that 'it is always better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.'

We were kind of caught up in the genre trap. We didn't really have a lot of artistic freedom. They wanted us to go into a certain direction, so they could promote us easier.