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.
BOY GEORGEThe fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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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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Most of my influences are from the past.
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I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you’re allowed to make jokes. I don’t want to live in some PC world where no-one’s allowed to say anything.
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The Taboo crowd was certainly less precious. They were happy to end up in a pile of vomit and booze at the end of the night. It was antifashion, in a sense. They were just as obsessive as the New -Romantics but they acted like they didn’t care.
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My God is better than your God
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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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 cried. I absolutely wept, because it wasn’t the usual stuff like, “Oh, he was a drug addict and he did this and that…” It was really looking at the music and it was really complimentary. It was a huge thing.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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I’m always being inspired .
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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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I think of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
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You have to watch what you eat.
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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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