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I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the U.K. There was a sanitation strike. London was really grim, gray. You had Margaret Thatcher coming in. It was a really revolutionary time.

Boy George

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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Instant Kids People Rivers
I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
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Actually Mean Speedos Stuff
Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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People Real Thinking
Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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Clothes Hair Kids Wonderful
[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is really good at [‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ show]. Totally different energy to our potential president, but he’s cool.
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Cool Different Energy President
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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Levels Media Writing
Gay unions, what is that about? I haven’t been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn’t go anyway.
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Divorce Gay Invited Thinking
I think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
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Mistake Spotlight Thinking
You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
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Bit Little More Routine
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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Good Luck Media Mom
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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Being Embarrassing People Really Sad
Voting for New Labour is like helping an old lady across the road while screaming ‘Get a move on!’ Even the Tories, who you could once rely on to be completely heartless are pretending to care.
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Completely Heartless Moving Voting
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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Amazing Anything People Singing Voice
My God is better than your God
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Better God Religious Wars
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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Family Horrified Looking Remember Show
The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
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Band Separate Speaking Splits Way

I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the U.K. There was a sanitation strike. London was really grim, gray. You had Margaret Thatcher coming in. It was a really revolutionary time.

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I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the U.K. There was a sanitation strike. London was really grim, gray. You had Margaret Thatcher coming in. It was a really revolutionary time.

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