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.
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.
I’m a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan… none of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they’re singing about is just as important as how they’re singing it.
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.
When you’re younger, you think you’re in competition with everyone. You think everyone’s success is a threat to you, and this is a thing you grow out of.
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.
![Boy George Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-find-that-most-people-in-social-media-just-want-.jpg)
![Boy George Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/what-happened-during-the-previews-of-taboo-musical.jpg)
