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When I first went to New York, I didn’t really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn’t really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.

Boy George

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.
BOY GEORGE

Acting Autobiography Song Writing
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 GEORGE

Big Everything Maybe People Without
I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
BOY GEORGE

Character People Special
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.
BOY GEORGE

Country People Punk Revolutionary Sanitation Strike
I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
BOY GEORGE

Children Dog Enough
Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
BOY GEORGE

People Real Thinking
So much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
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Behind Happening Punk Revolution Some
I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say “happy birthday” to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.
BOY GEORGE

Good Luck Media Mom
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.
BOY GEORGE

Annoyed Party People Real Thinking
I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
BOY GEORGE

Giving Individual Thinking
Whenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.
BOY GEORGE

People Sometimes Thinking Writing
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.
BOY GEORGE

House Kissed Leisure London
Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
BOY GEORGE

Intention Life Thinking
As a gay man I feel very strongly about those issues around the world – there’ve been huge changes and developments, but there are still places where things are scary.
BOY GEORGE

Developments Gay Issue Man Scary Thing
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.
BOY GEORGE

Ideas Like Punk Something
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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Being Embarrassing People Really Sad

When I first went to New York, I didn’t really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn’t really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.

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When I first went to New York, I didn’t really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn’t really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.

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