I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
BOY GEORGEI 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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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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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn’t work for straight people any more… I think is a bit tragic. I am looking forward to gay divorces.
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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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Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I’d had to tell them.
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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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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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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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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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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 don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
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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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[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is really good at [‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ show]. Totally different energy to our potential president, but he’s cool.
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