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.
BOY GEORGEThe best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
More Boy George Quotes
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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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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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I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you’re allowed to make jokes. I don’t want to live in some PC world where no-one’s allowed to say anything.
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Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I’d had to tell them.
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When you’re younger, you think you’re in competition with everyone. You think everyone’s success is a threat to you, and this is a thing you grow out of.
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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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Voting for New Labour is like helping an old lady across the road while screaming ‘Get a move on!’ Even the Tories, who you could once rely on to be completely heartless are pretending to care.
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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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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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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.
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So much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
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Whenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.
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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
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