My God is better than your God
BOY GEORGESomeone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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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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She’s probably in denial that she’s a great big ball of insecurity and I’m quite well aware that I am one.
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For me, touring is about looking after myself.
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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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And it’s taken me the best part of 54 years to reach that point where I’m like, “I’m very lucky, I’m lucky, I’m blessed” – all of those things. I wish I could impart that to other people but I think when you’re young, you just don’t listen.
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When I first went to New York, I didn’t really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn’t really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.
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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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I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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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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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’m not someone who can sing anything… And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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