I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
BOY GEORGEMost of my influences are from the past.
More Boy George Quotes
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My God is better than your God
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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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A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there’s a lot of DJs making records, they’re not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.
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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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You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
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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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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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What’s really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don’t intend to be one of them.
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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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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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Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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Whenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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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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