Leigh [Bowery] would create fake guest lists and put the most ridiculous names on them – Joan Collins, or really naff soap stars who would never grace the door of Taboo.
BOY GEORGEYou can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
More Boy George Quotes
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The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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When you’re younger, you think you’re in competition with everyone. You think everyone’s success is a threat to you, and this is a thing you grow out of.
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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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In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.
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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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One door closes and another one opens.
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As a kid, I would’ve loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It’s great that you can communicate with people and it’s instant.
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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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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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I was about 16 when punk started to happen… It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by wearing something.
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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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For me, touring is about looking after myself.
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His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
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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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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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