I suppose all of those New Romantic clubs were quite up their own asses in a way. Well, Taboo was up its own ass in a different way, but not in terms of rules.
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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I’m always being inspired .
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The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club with only a core group of people. As it got more popular, kids started to come from the suburbs all dressed up, but it -really wasn’t as big as it looked.
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Leigh [Bowery] would create fake guest lists and put the most ridiculous names on them – Joan Collins, or really naff soap stars who would never grace the door of Taboo.
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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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I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
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When Culture Club broke up, I hadn’t been going out a lot because we’d been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.
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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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The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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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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Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, “I don’t think America’s ready for the Sex Gang Children.”
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A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my thing wasn’t just about sexuality. It was about anyone who felt different; anyone who felt out of place. Being gay was one part of it.
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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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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 think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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What’s really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don’t intend to be one of them.
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