I’m a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan… none of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they’re singing about is just as important as how they’re singing it.
BOY GEORGEPersonality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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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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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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His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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When you’re younger, you think you’re in competition with everyone. You think everyone’s success is a threat to you, and this is a thing you grow out of.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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You’re lucky if you reach the point where you go, “OK, I have a wonderful life …I fly around the world, stay in beautiful places, people are generally quite sweet to me, what’s to complain about?” But I think you have to get there…
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When I go onstage, I’m going to work …I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it’s like a romantic song or a happy song.
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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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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn’t work for straight people any more… I think is a bit tragic. I am looking forward to gay divorces.
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