I cried. I absolutely wept, because it wasn’t the usual stuff like, “Oh, he was a drug addict and he did this and that…” It was really looking at the music and it was really complimentary. It was a huge thing.
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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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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I don’t know whether when I was 20 years old or 25 years old if somebody would have come along with incredible wisdom whether I would have really listened.
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I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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For me, touring is about looking after myself.
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After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.
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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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Leigh [Bowery] would create fake guest lists and put the most ridiculous names on them – Joan Collins, or really naff soap stars who would never grace the door of Taboo.
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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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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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You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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She’s probably in denial that she’s a great big ball of insecurity and I’m quite well aware that I am one.
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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.
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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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The 1970s was probably the most exciting decade to be a teenager, from discovering Little Richard at the end of the 1960s to glam rock to punk rock to electro music.
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