You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
BOY GEORGEYou had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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She’s probably in denial that she’s a great big ball of insecurity and I’m quite well aware that I am one.
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You have to watch what you eat.
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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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For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
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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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I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It’s about respecting what you’re doing. You’re going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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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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Gay unions, what is that about? I haven’t been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn’t go anyway.
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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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You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
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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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As a gay man I feel very strongly about those issues around the world – there’ve been huge changes and developments, but there are still places where things are scary.
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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’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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The 1970s was probably the most exciting decade to be a teenager, from discovering Little Richard at the end of the 1960s to glam rock to punk rock to electro music.
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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.
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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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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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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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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 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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The problem with being on the road – especially in a hot place like Florida – is that you can begin to think you’re on holiday.
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I have the best job in the world. There’s not really a lot to moan or whine about. I’ve got the privilege of going out and doing something I absolutely love.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
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