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.
BOY GEORGEI 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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I 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.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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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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I 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.
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For me, touring is about looking after myself.
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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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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 best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
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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 am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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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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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club with only a core group of people. As it got more popular, kids started to come from the suburbs all dressed up, but it -really wasn’t as big as it looked.
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