It’s quite nice that we can have almost direct contact with anyone in the world at any time. I don’t know how important it is in terms of one’s career. It seems to be pretty much superfluous in terms of that, but it’s nice to communicate.
BOY GEORGEFor me, touring is about looking after myself.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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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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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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As a gay man I feel very strongly about those issues around the world – there’ve been huge changes and developments, but there are still places where things are scary.
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You get the odd person [in social media] that will write something nasty and the trick is not to engage with them on any level.
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I don’t know whether when I was 20 years old or 25 years old if somebody would have come along with incredible wisdom whether I would have really listened.
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When I go onstage, I’m going to work …I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it’s like a romantic song or a happy song.
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Gay unions, what is that about? I haven’t been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn’t go anyway.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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