It’s quite nice that we can have almost direct contact with anyone in the world at any time. I don’t know how important it is in terms of one’s career. It seems to be pretty much superfluous in terms of that, but it’s nice to communicate.
BOY GEORGECertainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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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 think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
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A lot of what I’ve been learning in the last two years is due to therapy – about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven’t worked. It isn’t anything to do with anybody else; it’s to do with me.
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The problem with being on the road – especially in a hot place like Florida – is that you can begin to think you’re on holiday.
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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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The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
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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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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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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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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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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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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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I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
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I’m not someone who can sing anything… And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing.
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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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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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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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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