I think of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
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…
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Leigh [Bowery] would create fake guest lists and put the most ridiculous names on them – Joan Collins, or really naff soap stars who would never grace the door of Taboo.
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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The most political thing you can do is be yourself
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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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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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The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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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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Most of my influences are from the past.
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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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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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Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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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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If I ever commented on one of his outfits he would snip, “Oh, thank you, Mr. Boy George. I do value your opinion.” And then he would spin and make some ridiculous noise and mince off.
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The Taboo crowd was certainly less precious. They were happy to end up in a pile of vomit and booze at the end of the night. It was antifashion, in a sense. They were just as obsessive as the New -Romantics but they acted like they didn’t care.
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The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around ’84 or ’85.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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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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My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I’m quite a loving person and I’ve always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I’m very interested in other people, and if you are, they’re interested in you.
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I am thinking of George Michael’s family, friends and fans. He was so loved and I hope he knew it because the sadness today is beyond words. Devastating.
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Maybe without me, there wouldn’t be Adam Lambert. Without Bowie, there wouldn’t be me. Without Quentin Crisp, there wouldn’t have been Bowie. So everything is part of a big daisy chain.
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I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
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Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I’d had to tell them.
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I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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