Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
BOY GEORGEMaybe 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.
More Boy George Quotes
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I just remember the audience looking really horrified because Rosie [O’Donnell] was trying to sell the show as sort of Pippin and Annie. She was saying it’s a family show.
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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 was about 16 when punk started to happen… It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by wearing something.
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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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I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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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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If I ever commented on one of his outfits he would snip, “Oh, thank you, Mr. Boy George. I do value your opinion.” And then he would spin and make some ridiculous noise and mince off.
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As a kid, I would’ve loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It’s great that you can communicate with people and it’s instant.
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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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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 of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
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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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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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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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Madonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
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