I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they’re annoyed if you’ve had a party – you know, it’s been a bit too noisy for them or something.
BOY GEORGEWhen 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.
More Boy George Quotes
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Gay unions, what is that about? I haven’t been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn’t go anyway.
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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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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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For me, I’ve gotten better at that since I’ve gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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And it’s taken me the best part of 54 years to reach that point where I’m like, “I’m very lucky, I’m lucky, I’m blessed” – all of those things. I wish I could impart that to other people but I think when you’re young, you just don’t listen.
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I’m not someone who can sing anything… And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing.
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Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] – things that you probably shouldn’t like.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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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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The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn’t work for straight people any more… I think is a bit tragic. I am looking forward to gay divorces.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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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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Madonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
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