Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
BOY GEORGEGay unions, what is that about? I haven’t been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn’t go anyway.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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I cried. I absolutely wept, because it wasn’t the usual stuff like, “Oh, he was a drug addict and he did this and that…” It was really looking at the music and it was really complimentary. It was a huge thing.
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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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The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
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I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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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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You have to watch what you eat.
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I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the U.K. There was a sanitation strike. London was really grim, gray. You had Margaret Thatcher coming in. It was a really revolutionary time.
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I’m not someone who can sing anything… And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing.
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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
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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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After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.
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Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.
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I’m a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan… none of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they’re singing about is just as important as how they’re singing it.
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