You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
BOY GEORGEI think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
More Boy George Quotes
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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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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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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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When I go onstage, I’m going to work …I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it’s like a romantic song or a happy song.
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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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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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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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I 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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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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What’s really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don’t intend to be one of them.
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The Taboo crowd was certainly less precious. They were happy to end up in a pile of vomit and booze at the end of the night. It was antifashion, in a sense. They were just as obsessive as the New -Romantics but they acted like they didn’t care.
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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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My God is better than your God
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I’m always being inspired .
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