I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
BOY GEORGEIn 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.
More Boy George Quotes
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When 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.
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You get the odd person [in social media] that will write something nasty and the trick is not to engage with them on any level.
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As a gay man I feel very strongly about those issues around the world – there’ve been huge changes and developments, but there are still places where things are scary.
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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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The most political thing you can do is be yourself
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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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The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around ’84 or ’85.
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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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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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I’m not someone who can sing anything… And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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What’s really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don’t intend to be one of them.
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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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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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