I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
BOY GEORGEPersonality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
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I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It’s what I do.
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The problem with being on the road – especially in a hot place like Florida – is that you can begin to think you’re on holiday.
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I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the U.K. There was a sanitation strike. London was really grim, gray. You had Margaret Thatcher coming in. It was a really revolutionary time.
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What happened during the previews of ‘Taboo’ [musical] was that it was the first time I’d ever been written about as a great song-writer.
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I suppose I was seen more as an elder statesman because I had been around the London club scene for so many years. To the Taboo crowd I was really seen as a pop star, someone famous.
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My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I’m quite a loving person and I’ve always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I’m very interested in other people, and if you are, they’re interested in you.
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You get the odd person [in social media] that will write something nasty and the trick is not to engage with them on any level.
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Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say “happy birthday” to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.
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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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You’re lucky if you reach the point where you go, “OK, I have a wonderful life …I fly around the world, stay in beautiful places, people are generally quite sweet to me, what’s to complain about?” But I think you have to get there…
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As a gay man I feel very strongly about those issues around the world – there’ve been huge changes and developments, but there are still places where things are scary.
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