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.
BOY GEORGEI think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
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I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you’re allowed to make jokes. I don’t want to live in some PC world where no-one’s allowed to say anything.
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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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I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It’s about respecting what you’re doing. You’re going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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And it’s taken me the best part of 54 years to reach that point where I’m like, “I’m very lucky, I’m lucky, I’m blessed” – all of those things. I wish I could impart that to other people but I think when you’re young, you just don’t listen.
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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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Most of my influences are from the past.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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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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Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] – things that you probably shouldn’t like.
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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 think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
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