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.
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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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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I am thinking of George Michael’s family, friends and fans. He was so loved and I hope he knew it because the sadness today is beyond words. Devastating.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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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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The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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I think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows 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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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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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 first went to New York, I didn’t really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn’t really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.
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So much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
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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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My God is better than your God
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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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The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
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