Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, “I don’t think America’s ready for the Sex Gang Children.”
BOY GEORGEI 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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I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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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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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 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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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’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it’s a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That’s a big step.
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I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is really good at [‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ show]. Totally different energy to our potential president, but he’s cool.
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I suppose all of those New Romantic clubs were quite up their own asses in a way. Well, Taboo was up its own ass in a different way, but not in terms of rules.
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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
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