Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
BOY GEORGEMy family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it’s a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That’s a big step.
More Boy George Quotes
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One door closes and another one opens.
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I 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.
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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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I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you’re allowed to make jokes. I don’t want to live in some PC world where no-one’s allowed to say anything.
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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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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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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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You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
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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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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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You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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As a kid, I would’ve loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It’s great that you can communicate with people and it’s instant.
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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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Madonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
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