Michael Musto

“I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you like it, you like it. Own it.”

“I'm not a journalist who pretends to be objective. I have a point of view, and I'm not afraid to express it.”

“To me, the 'Village Voice' was the punk rock of journalism.”

“The nightlife is a theater, and we are all actors on its stage.”

“I've always been a pop culture junkie. I'm obsessed with it.”

“The underground is where the real creativity is. It's where new ideas are born.”

“New York is a city of reinvention. You can come here and be whoever you want to be.”

“In my world, there's no such thing as 'too much.' More is always more.”

“In the '80s, if you were a gay person, you were an outsider. You were on the fringe.”

“I've always been interested in the people on the fringes, the ones who don't fit in.”

“The best revenge is a well-written column.”

“Gossip is the new pornography.”

“My motto is, 'If you've got it, flaunt it. If you don't got it, flaunt it anyway.'”

“I always felt like an outcast, and I was drawn to outcasts.”

“I think drag is a political statement. It's a way of challenging gender norms and expectations.”