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.
BOY GEORGEAs 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.
More Boy George Quotes
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I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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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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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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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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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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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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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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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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You get the odd person [in social media] that will write something nasty and the trick is not to engage with them on any level.
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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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I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It’s about respecting what you’re doing. You’re going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
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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 just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
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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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