I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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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You’re lucky if you reach the point where you go, “OK, I have a wonderful life …I fly around the world, stay in beautiful places, people are generally quite sweet to me, what’s to complain about?” But I think you have to get there…
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I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
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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 find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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What’s really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don’t intend to be one of them.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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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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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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Most of my influences are from the past.
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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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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.
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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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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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