In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.
BOY GEORGEI like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
More Boy George Quotes
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After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.
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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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I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you’re allowed to make jokes. I don’t want to live in some PC world where no-one’s allowed to say anything.
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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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It’s quite nice that we can have almost direct contact with anyone in the world at any time. I don’t know how important it is in terms of one’s career. It seems to be pretty much superfluous in terms of that, but it’s nice to communicate.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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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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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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The Taboo crowd was certainly less precious. They were happy to end up in a pile of vomit and booze at the end of the night. It was antifashion, in a sense. They were just as obsessive as the New -Romantics but they acted like they didn’t care.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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For me the most interesting thing about Leigh Bowery was the way he used his body as a style statement. He was a big guy, but, because he was tall and had long legs, he looked in proportion – even sexy – despite being overweight by conventional standards.
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As a gay man I feel very strongly about those issues around the world – there’ve been huge changes and developments, but there are still places where things are scary.
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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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One door closes and another one opens.
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