I think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
BOY GEORGEMy mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I’m quite a loving person and I’ve always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I’m very interested in other people, and if you are, they’re interested in you.
More Boy George Quotes
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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 think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
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So much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
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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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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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Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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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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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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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 exercise. I go to the gym every day. It’s about respecting what you’re doing. You’re going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
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