I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
BOY GEORGEPersonality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
More Boy George Quotes
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I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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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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A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there’s a lot of DJs making records, they’re not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.
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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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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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I suppose all of those New Romantic clubs were quite up their own asses in a way. Well, Taboo was up its own ass in a different way, but not in terms of rules.
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The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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She’s probably in denial that she’s a great big ball of insecurity and I’m quite well aware that I am one.
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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.
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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 just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
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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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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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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.
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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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