When I go onstage, I’m going to work …I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it’s like a romantic song or a happy song.
BOY GEORGEBeethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.
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I think of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
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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.
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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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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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I just remember the audience looking really horrified because Rosie [O’Donnell] was trying to sell the show as sort of Pippin and Annie. She was saying it’s a family show.
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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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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 suppose all of those New Romantic clubs were quite up their own asses in a way. Well, Taboo was up its own ass in a different way, but not in terms of rules.
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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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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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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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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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