I was about 16 when punk started to happen… It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by wearing something.
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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For 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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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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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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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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Most of my influences are from the past.
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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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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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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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I’m always being inspired .
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I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you’re allowed to make jokes. I don’t want to live in some PC world where no-one’s allowed to say anything.
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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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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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Everyone 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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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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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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