I knew style and content went hand in hand.
BOY GEORGEWhen 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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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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My God is better than your God
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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 was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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So much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
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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 suppose I was seen more as an elder statesman because I had been around the London club scene for so many years. To the Taboo crowd I was really seen as a pop star, someone famous.
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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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As 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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The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn’t work for straight people any more… I think is a bit tragic. I am looking forward to gay divorces.
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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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I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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The most political thing you can do is be yourself
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You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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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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One door closes and another one opens.
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I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say “happy birthday” to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.
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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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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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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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I was about 16 when punk started to happen… It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by wearing something.
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As a kid, I would’ve loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It’s great that you can communicate with people and it’s instant.
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When Culture Club broke up, I hadn’t been going out a lot because we’d been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.
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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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