The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around ’84 or ’85.
BOY GEORGEYou get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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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 problem with being on the road – especially in a hot place like Florida – is that you can begin to think you’re on holiday.
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Maybe without me, there wouldn’t be Adam Lambert. Without Bowie, there wouldn’t be me. Without Quentin Crisp, there wouldn’t have been Bowie. So everything is part of a big daisy chain.
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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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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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I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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Voting for New Labour is like helping an old lady across the road while screaming ‘Get a move on!’ Even the Tories, who you could once rely on to be completely heartless are pretending to care.
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The most political thing you can do is be yourself
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Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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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.
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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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