You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
BOY GEORGEI am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
More Boy George Quotes
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Whenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.
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The Taboo crowd was certainly less precious. They were happy to end up in a pile of vomit and booze at the end of the night. It was antifashion, in a sense. They were just as obsessive as the New -Romantics but they acted like they didn’t care.
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You can partake of the buffet a little bit more than you should, so you have to have a routine.
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I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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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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A lot of what I’ve been learning in the last two years is due to therapy – about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven’t worked. It isn’t anything to do with anybody else; it’s to do with me.
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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 mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I’m quite a loving person and I’ve always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I’m very interested in other people, and if you are, they’re interested in you.
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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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The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don’t believe you get wiser because you get older. It’s a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously
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I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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Voting for New Labour is like helping an old lady across the road while screaming ‘Get a move on!’ Even the Tories, who you could once rely on to be completely heartless are pretending to care.
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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 was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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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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