Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
BOY GEORGEI’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.
More Boy George Quotes
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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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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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Maybe without me, there wouldn’t be Adam Lambert. Without Bowie, there wouldn’t be me. Without Quentin Crisp, there wouldn’t have been Bowie. So everything is part of a big daisy chain.
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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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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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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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My God is better than your God
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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.
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Madonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
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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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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.
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I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say “happy birthday” to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.
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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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The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn’t work for straight people any more… I think is a bit tragic. I am looking forward to gay divorces.
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