And it’s taken me the best part of 54 years to reach that point where I’m like, “I’m very lucky, I’m lucky, I’m blessed” – all of those things. I wish I could impart that to other people but I think when you’re young, you just don’t listen.
BOY GEORGEI think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It’s what I do.
More Boy George Quotes
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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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 would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
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I’m not someone who can sing anything… And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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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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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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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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The Taboo crowd was certainly less precious. They were happy to end up in a pile of vomit and booze at the end of the night. It was antifashion, in a sense. They were just as obsessive as the New -Romantics but they acted like they didn’t care.
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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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For me the most interesting thing about Leigh Bowery was the way he used his body as a style statement. He was a big guy, but, because he was tall and had long legs, he looked in proportion – even sexy – despite being overweight by conventional standards.
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I suppose all of those New Romantic clubs were quite up their own asses in a way. Well, Taboo was up its own ass in a different way, but not in terms of rules.
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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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