I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
BOY GEORGEThe band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
More Boy George Quotes
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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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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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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When Culture Club broke up, I hadn’t been going out a lot because we’d been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.
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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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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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You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
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The most political thing you can do is be yourself
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For me, touring is about looking after myself.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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When 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.
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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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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.
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