I think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
BOY GEORGEI think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
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 GEORGEWhenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.
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 GEORGEI 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 GEORGETaboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] – things that you probably shouldn’t like.
BOY GEORGEShe’s probably in denial that she’s a great big ball of insecurity and I’m quite well aware that I am one.
BOY GEORGEMadonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
BOY GEORGEI find that most people [in social media] just want me to say “happy birthday” to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.
BOY GEORGEI’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
BOY GEORGEThe fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
BOY GEORGEYou get the odd person [in social media] that will write something nasty and the trick is not to engage with them on any level.
BOY GEORGEYou can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
BOY GEORGEI 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.
BOY GEORGEWhen 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.
BOY GEORGEA 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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