So much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
BOY GEORGEOn Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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It’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.
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I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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What happened during the previews of ‘Taboo’ [musical] was that it was the first time I’d ever been written about as a great song-writer.
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My 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.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
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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 knew style and content went hand in hand.
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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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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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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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The Taboo crowd was certainly less precious. They were happy to end up in a pile of vomit and booze at the end of the night. It was antifashion, in a sense. They were just as obsessive as the New -Romantics but they acted like they didn’t care.
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Taboo 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.
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I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they’re annoyed if you’ve had a party – you know, it’s been a bit too noisy for them or something.
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