The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club with only a core group of people. As it got more popular, kids started to come from the suburbs all dressed up, but it -really wasn’t as big as it looked.
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.
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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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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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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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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.
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I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they’re annoyed if you’ve had a party – you know, it’s been a bit too noisy for them or something.
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I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It’s about respecting what you’re doing. You’re going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
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I’m a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan… none of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they’re singing about is just as important as how they’re singing it.
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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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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