Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
BOY GEORGEEveryone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, “I don’t think America’s ready for the Sex Gang Children.”
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I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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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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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.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they’re annoyed if you’ve had a party – you know, it’s been a bit too noisy for them or something.
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As a gay man I feel very strongly about those issues around the world – there’ve been huge changes and developments, but there are still places where things are scary.
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I just remember the audience looking really horrified because Rosie [O’Donnell] was trying to sell the show as sort of Pippin and Annie. She was saying it’s a family show.
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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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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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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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You get the odd person [in social media] that will write something nasty and the trick is not to engage with them on any level.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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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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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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