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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.

Boy George

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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Annoyed Party People Real Thinking
Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, “I don’t think America’s ready for the Sex Gang Children.”
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Children Everyone Music Remember Sex
The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around ’84 or ’85.
BOY GEORGE

Country House Paradise People
I think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
BOY GEORGE

Mistake Spotlight Thinking
I think of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
BOY GEORGE

Challenge Mentally Physical Think
Madonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
BOY GEORGE

Breathing Cash Register
Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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Clothes Hair Kids Wonderful
For me, I’ve gotten better at that since I’ve gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.
BOY GEORGE

Better Good Gotten Older Younger
If I ever commented on one of his outfits he would snip, “Oh, thank you, Mr. Boy George. I do value your opinion.” And then he would spin and make some ridiculous noise and mince off.
BOY GEORGE

Commented Mind Opinion Ridiculous Snip
The 1970s was probably the most exciting decade to be a teenager, from discovering Little Richard at the end of the 1960s to glam rock to punk rock to electro music.
BOY GEORGE

Discovering Rocks Sex Teenager
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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Father Mother Running
I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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Character People Special
I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It’s what I do.
BOY GEORGE

Boys Jobs Thinking
For me, touring is about looking after myself.
BOY GEORGE

Looking Myself Touring
Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
BOY GEORGE

Intention Life Thinking
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.
BOY GEORGE

Alowm Anything Say Trying World

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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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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