I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
BOY GEORGEAfter half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.
More Boy George Quotes
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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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She’s probably in denial that she’s a great big ball of insecurity and I’m quite well aware that I am one.
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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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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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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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My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it’s a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That’s a big step.
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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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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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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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A lot of what I’ve been learning in the last two years is due to therapy – about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven’t worked. It isn’t anything to do with anybody else; it’s to do with me.
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I’m a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan… none of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they’re singing about is just as important as how they’re singing it.
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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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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my thing wasn’t just about sexuality. It was about anyone who felt different; anyone who felt out of place. Being gay was one part of it.
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