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When you’re younger, you think you’re in competition with everyone. You think everyone’s success is a threat to you, and this is a thing you grow out of.

Boy George

For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
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Creative Nice Thinking
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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Asses Clubs Different Romantic Way
The 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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Country House Paradise People
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.”
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Children Everyone Music Remember Sex
I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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About Myself Nothing
I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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Character People Special
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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Gay Helping People Sexual Thank
You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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Certain Eat Properly
Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I’d had to tell them.
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Age Gay Parent Sixteen
A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there’s a lot of DJs making records, they’re not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.
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Boys People Records Response Work
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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Discovering Rocks Sex Teenager
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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Acting Autobiography Song Writing
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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Boys Jobs Thinking
I have the best job in the world. There’s not really a lot to moan or whine about. I’ve got the privilege of going out and doing something I absolutely love.
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Absolutely Best Jobs Really Something
The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
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Band Separate Speaking Splits Way
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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People Sometimes Thinking Writing

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