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 GEORGEFor me, I’ve gotten better at that since I’ve gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.
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The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don’t believe you get wiser because you get older. It’s a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously
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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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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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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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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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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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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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For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
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I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
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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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Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] – things that you probably shouldn’t like.
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It’s quite nice that we can have almost direct contact with anyone in the world at any time. I don’t know how important it is in terms of one’s career. It seems to be pretty much superfluous in terms of that, but it’s nice to communicate.
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As a kid, I would’ve loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It’s great that you can communicate with people and it’s instant.
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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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