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.
BOY GEORGEShe’s probably in denial that she’s a great big ball of insecurity and I’m quite well aware that I am one.
More Boy George Quotes
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For me, I’ve gotten better at that since I’ve gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.
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You get the odd person [in social media] that will write something nasty and the trick is not to engage with them on any level.
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The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously doesn’t work for straight people any more… I think is a bit tragic. I am looking forward to gay divorces.
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I think of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
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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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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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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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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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I have the best job in the world. There’s not really a lot to moan or whine about. I’ve got the privilege of going out and doing something I absolutely love.
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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
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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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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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