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For me the most interesting thing about Leigh Bowery was the way he used his body as a style statement. He was a big guy, but, because he was tall and had long legs, he looked in proportion – even sexy – despite being overweight by conventional standards.

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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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Children Everyone Music Remember Sex
I am thinking of George Michael’s family, friends and fans. He was so loved and I hope he knew it because the sadness today is beyond words. Devastating.
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Beautiful Believe Devasting Sadness
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.
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Around Country Famous More Pop Someone Taboo
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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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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Behind Disco Person Punk Sex
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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Competition Realizing Thinking
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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Almost Contact Important Superficial Term
I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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Always Food Made Tweeting
For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
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Creative Nice Thinking
Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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Book Courtney Except Jungle Love Snake
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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Age Gay Parent Sixteen
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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Asses Clubs Different Romantic Way
Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
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Doors Hunger Strike Suicide
My God is better than your God
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Better God Religious Wars
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.
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Huge Important Orthodox People Singing
You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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Certain Eat Properly

For me the most interesting thing about Leigh Bowery was the way he used his body as a style statement. He was a big guy, but, because he was tall and had long legs, he looked in proportion – even sexy – despite being overweight by conventional standards.

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For me the most interesting thing about Leigh Bowery was the way he used his body as a style statement. He was a big guy, but, because he was tall and had long legs, he looked in proportion – even sexy – despite being overweight by conventional standards.

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