I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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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For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
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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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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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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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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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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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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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I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
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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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I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It’s what I do.
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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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My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it’s a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That’s a big step.
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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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