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I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.

Boy George

Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.
BOY GEORGE

Gay Individuality Worry
I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
BOY GEORGE

Empty Felt Successful
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.
BOY GEORGE

Family Horrified Looking Remember Show
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…
BOY GEORGE

Beautiful Blessed Generally People Sweet
Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
BOY GEORGE

Doors Hunger Strike Suicide
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 GEORGE

Alowm Anything Say Trying World
The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
BOY GEORGE

Band Separate Speaking Splits Way
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.
BOY GEORGE

Levels Media Writing
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.
BOY GEORGE

Drug Musical Song Writer
You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
BOY GEORGE

Bit Little More Routine
You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
BOY GEORGE

Behind Disco Person Punk Sex
Taboo 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.
BOY GEORGE

Kind Laughing Records
I think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
BOY GEORGE

Mistake Spotlight Thinking
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.
BOY GEORGE

Divorce Forward Mimic More People Straight
If I ever commented on one of his outfits he would snip, “Oh, thank you, Mr. Boy George. I do value your opinion.” And then he would spin and make some ridiculous noise and mince off.
BOY GEORGE

Commented Mind Opinion Ridiculous Snip
My God is better than your God
BOY GEORGE

Better God Religious Wars

I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.

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