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.
BOY GEORGEAnd it’s taken me the best part of 54 years to reach that point where I’m like, “I’m very lucky, I’m lucky, I’m blessed” – all of those things. I wish I could impart that to other people but I think when you’re young, you just don’t listen.
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I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It’s what I do.
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For me, touring is about looking after myself.
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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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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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My God is better than your God
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You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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I don’t know whether when I was 20 years old or 25 years old if somebody would have come along with incredible wisdom whether I would have really listened.
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I’m always being inspired .
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Whenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.
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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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I was about 16 when punk started to happen… It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by wearing something.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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