Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] – things that you probably shouldn’t like.
BOY GEORGEFor me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
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For me, I’ve gotten better at that since I’ve gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.
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You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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I’m not someone who can sing anything… And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing.
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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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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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Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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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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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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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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I suppose I was seen more as an elder statesman because I had been around the London club scene for so many years. To the Taboo crowd I was really seen as a pop star, someone famous.
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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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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.
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She’s probably in denial that she’s a great big ball of insecurity and I’m quite well aware that I am one.
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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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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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