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.
BOY GEORGEA lot of what I’ve been learning in the last two years is due to therapy – about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven’t worked. It isn’t anything to do with anybody else; it’s to do with me.
More Boy George Quotes
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My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it’s a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That’s a big step.
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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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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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Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
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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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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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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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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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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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I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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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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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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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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