Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
BOY GEORGELeigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
More Boy George Quotes
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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The 1970s was probably the most exciting decade to be a teenager, from discovering Little Richard at the end of the 1960s to glam rock to punk rock to electro music.
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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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You’re lucky if you reach the point where you go, “OK, I have a wonderful life …I fly around the world, stay in beautiful places, people are generally quite sweet to me, what’s to complain about?” But I think you have to get there…
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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.
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The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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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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Madonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
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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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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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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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I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
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