For me, touring is about looking after myself.
BOY GEORGEI’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It’s what I do.
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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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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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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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When I go onstage, I’m going to work …I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it’s like a romantic song or a happy song.
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The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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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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In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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You have to watch what you eat.
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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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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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One door closes and another one opens.
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