When Culture Club broke up, I hadn’t been going out a lot because we’d been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.
BOY GEORGEI think of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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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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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It’s about respecting what you’re doing. You’re going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It’s what I do.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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For me, I’ve gotten better at that since I’ve gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.
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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 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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For me the most interesting thing about Leigh Bowery was the way he used his body as a style statement. He was a big guy, but, because he was tall and had long legs, he looked in proportion – even sexy – despite being overweight by conventional standards.
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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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I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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