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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

I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
BOY GEORGE

About Myself Nothing
You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
BOY GEORGE

Drug Find Interesting Out Thing
His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
BOY GEORGE

Breath Designing Refreshing Talking
The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club with only a core group of people. As it got more popular, kids started to come from the suburbs all dressed up, but it -really wasn’t as big as it looked.
BOY GEORGE

Group Kids Media People Popular
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.
BOY GEORGE

Age Gay Parent Sixteen
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.
BOY GEORGE

Good Luck Media Mom
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.
BOY GEORGE

Discovering Rocks Sex Teenager
The problem with being on the road – especially in a hot place like Florida – is that you can begin to think you’re on holiday.
BOY GEORGE

Florida Holiday Thinking
I knew style and content went hand in hand.
BOY GEORGE

Content Hands Style
I suppose I was seen more as an elder statesman because I had been around the London club scene for so many years. To the Taboo crowd I was really seen as a pop star, someone famous.
BOY GEORGE

Around Country Famous More Pop Someone Taboo
In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.
BOY GEORGE

Acting Autobiography Song Writing
I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
BOY GEORGE

Cups Sex Tea
The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
BOY GEORGE

Best Personality Things Ugly
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.
BOY GEORGE

Gay Helping People Sexual Thank
You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
BOY GEORGE

Competition Get Older Yourself
I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
BOY GEORGE

Actually Mean Speedos Stuff

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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