So much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
BOY GEORGEI 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 like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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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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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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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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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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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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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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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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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.
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I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
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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.
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