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.
BOY GEORGEI 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.
BOY GEORGEThe band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
BOY GEORGEYou’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…
BOY GEORGEYou get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
BOY GEORGEI 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 GEORGEI 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.
BOY GEORGEYou can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
BOY GEORGEI think of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
BOY GEORGEI was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the U.K. There was a sanitation strike. London was really grim, gray. You had Margaret Thatcher coming in. It was a really revolutionary time.
BOY GEORGEThe most political thing you can do is be yourself
BOY GEORGEYou had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
BOY GEORGEMadonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
BOY GEORGEWhat 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.
BOY GEORGEI’m not someone who can sing anything… And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing.
BOY GEORGEI don’t know whether when I was 20 years old or 25 years old if somebody would have come along with incredible wisdom whether I would have really listened.
BOY GEORGEI would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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