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.
BOY GEORGEI’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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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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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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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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What’s really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don’t intend to be one of them.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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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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When I first went to New York, I didn’t really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn’t really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.
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You have to watch what you eat.
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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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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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I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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I 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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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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