For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
BOY GEORGEFor me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
BOY GEORGEAfter half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.
BOY GEORGELeigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
BOY GEORGEYou find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
BOY GEORGEThe most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around ’84 or ’85.
BOY GEORGEA 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.
BOY GEORGEWhen I first went to New York, I didn’t really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn’t really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.
BOY GEORGEThe 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.
BOY GEORGEIt’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.
BOY GEORGEYou can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
BOY GEORGEI just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
BOY GEORGEI think of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
BOY GEORGEThe 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 GEORGEYou’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…
BOY GEORGEI have the best job in the world. There’s not really a lot to moan or whine about. I’ve got the privilege of going out and doing something I absolutely love.
BOY GEORGEAs 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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