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.
BOY GEORGEThe problem with being on the road – especially in a hot place like Florida – is that you can begin to think you’re on holiday.
More Boy George Quotes
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For 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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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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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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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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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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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, “I don’t think America’s ready for the Sex Gang Children.”
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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 don’t know whether when I was 20 years old or 25 years old if somebody would have come along with incredible wisdom whether I would have really listened.
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When you’re younger, you think you’re in competition with everyone. You think everyone’s success is a threat to you, and this is a thing you grow out of.
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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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You have to watch what you eat.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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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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I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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