When Culture Club broke up, I hadn’t been going out a lot because we’d been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.
BOY GEORGESo much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is really good at [‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ show]. Totally different energy to our potential president, but he’s cool.
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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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The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club with only a core group of people. As it got more popular, kids started to come from the suburbs all dressed up, but it -really wasn’t as big as it looked.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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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.
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I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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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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A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there’s a lot of DJs making records, they’re not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.
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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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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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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.
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The most political thing you can do is be yourself
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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.
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