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.
BOY GEORGEI 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.
More Boy George Quotes
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The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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So much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
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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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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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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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Maybe without me, there wouldn’t be Adam Lambert. Without Bowie, there wouldn’t be me. Without Quentin Crisp, there wouldn’t have been Bowie. So everything is part of a big daisy chain.
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You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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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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The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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You have to watch what you eat.
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You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
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I am thinking of George Michael’s family, friends and fans. He was so loved and I hope he knew it because the sadness today is beyond words. Devastating.
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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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