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.
BOY GEORGEThe ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don’t believe you get wiser because you get older. It’s a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously
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When Culture Club broke up, I hadn’t been going out a lot because we’d been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.
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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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As a kid, I would’ve loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It’s great that you can communicate with people and it’s instant.
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If I ever commented on one of his outfits he would snip, “Oh, thank you, Mr. Boy George. I do value your opinion.” And then he would spin and make some ridiculous noise and mince off.
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The most political thing you can do is be yourself
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Leigh [Bowery] would create fake guest lists and put the most ridiculous names on them – Joan Collins, or really naff soap stars who would never grace the door of Taboo.
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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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Gay unions, what is that about? I haven’t been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn’t go anyway.
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
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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 was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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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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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 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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