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.
BOY GEORGECertainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
More Boy George Quotes
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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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Whenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.
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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’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 like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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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.
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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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The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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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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I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they’re annoyed if you’ve had a party – you know, it’s been a bit too noisy for them or something.
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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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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 get the odd person [in social media] that will write something nasty and the trick is not to engage with them on any level.
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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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