After 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.
BOY GEORGEI 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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The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
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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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I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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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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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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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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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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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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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 these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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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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A lot of what I’ve been learning in the last two years is due to therapy – about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven’t worked. It isn’t anything to do with anybody else; it’s to do with me.
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Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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I suppose I was seen more as an elder statesman because I had been around the London club scene for so many years. To the Taboo crowd I was really seen as a pop star, someone famous.
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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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