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 GEORGEYou find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
More Boy George Quotes
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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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I’m always being inspired .
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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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I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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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.
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My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it’s a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That’s a big step.
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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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You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is really good at [‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ show]. Totally different energy to our potential president, but he’s cool.
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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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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 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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One door closes and another one opens.
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