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.
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.
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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 think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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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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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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Most of my influences are from the past.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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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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And it’s taken me the best part of 54 years to reach that point where I’m like, “I’m very lucky, I’m lucky, I’m blessed” – all of those things. I wish I could impart that to other people but I think when you’re young, you just don’t listen.
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I just remember the audience looking really horrified because Rosie [O’Donnell] was trying to sell the show as sort of Pippin and Annie. She was saying it’s a family show.
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I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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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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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.
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When I first went to New York, I didn’t really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn’t really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.
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