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.
BOY GEORGETaboo 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.
More Boy George Quotes
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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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My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it’s a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That’s a big step.
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Madonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
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The most political thing you can do is be yourself
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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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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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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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I think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
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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 think of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
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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 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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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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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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A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my thing wasn’t just about sexuality. It was about anyone who felt different; anyone who felt out of place. Being gay was one part of it.
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What happened during the previews of ‘Taboo’ [musical] was that it was the first time I’d ever been written about as a great song-writer.
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For me, touring is about looking after myself.
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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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Most of my influences are from the past.
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The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
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Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.
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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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