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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

You’re lucky if you reach the point where you go, “OK, I have a wonderful life …I fly around the world, stay in beautiful places, people are generally quite sweet to me, what’s to complain about?” But I think you have to get there…
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Beautiful Blessed Generally People Sweet
Most of my influences are from the past.
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Influence Most Past People
I was about 16 when punk started to happen… It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by wearing something.
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Ideas Like Punk Something
I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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Artist Nobody Records 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 ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don’t believe you get wiser because you get older. It’s a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously
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Believe Choices Goal Satisfied
Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.
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Gay Individuality Worry
Leigh [Bowery] would create fake guest lists and put the most ridiculous names on them – Joan Collins, or really naff soap stars who would never grace the door of Taboo.
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Doors Names Stars
I 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.
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Country People Punk Revolutionary Sanitation Strike
One door closes and another one opens.
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Another Close Doors Opens
The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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Dancing Dress Up Hip Hop
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.
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Commented Mind Opinion Ridiculous Snip
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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Breath Designing Refreshing Talking
I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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About Myself Nothing
I cried. I absolutely wept, because it wasn’t the usual stuff like, “Oh, he was a drug addict and he did this and that…” It was really looking at the music and it was really complimentary. It was a huge thing.
BOY GEORGE

Absolutely Compliment Drug Huge Thing
When 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 GEORGE

Country Culture Going Out Life Social

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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