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.
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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Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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Maybe without me, there wouldn’t be Adam Lambert. Without Bowie, there wouldn’t be me. Without Quentin Crisp, there wouldn’t have been Bowie. So everything is part of a big daisy chain.
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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don’t believe you get wiser because you get older. It’s a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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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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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it’s a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That’s a big step.
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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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I cried. I absolutely wept, because it wasn’t the usual stuff like, “Oh, he was a drug addict and he did this and that…” It was really looking at the music and it was really complimentary. It was a huge thing.
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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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