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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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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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I just remember the audience looking really horrified because Rosie [O’Donnell] was trying to sell the show as sort of Pippin and Annie. She was saying it’s a family show.
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Voting for New Labour is like helping an old lady across the road while screaming ‘Get a move on!’ Even the Tories, who you could once rely on to be completely heartless are pretending to care.
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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Whenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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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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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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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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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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I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around ’84 or ’85.
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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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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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Most of my influences are from the past.
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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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