Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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.
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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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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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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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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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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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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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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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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 ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don’t believe you get wiser because you get older. It’s a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously
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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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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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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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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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What’s really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don’t intend to be one of them.
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I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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