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.
BOY GEORGEThe 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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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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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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The problem with being on the road – especially in a hot place like Florida – is that you can begin to think you’re on holiday.
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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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Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] – things that you probably shouldn’t like.
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I don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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You have to watch what you eat.
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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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Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.
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The 1970s was probably the most exciting decade to be a teenager, from discovering Little Richard at the end of the 1960s to glam rock to punk rock to electro music.
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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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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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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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I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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And it’s taken me the best part of 54 years to reach that point where I’m like, “I’m very lucky, I’m lucky, I’m blessed” – all of those things. I wish I could impart that to other people but I think when you’re young, you just don’t listen.
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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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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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Gay unions, what is that about? I haven’t been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn’t go anyway.
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I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
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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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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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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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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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