I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
BOY GEORGEI think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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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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Leigh [Bowery] would create fake guest lists and put the most ridiculous names on them – Joan Collins, or really naff soap stars who would never grace the door of Taboo.
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She’s probably in denial that she’s a great big ball of insecurity and I’m quite well aware that I am one.
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As a kid, I would’ve loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It’s great that you can communicate with people and it’s instant.
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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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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 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.
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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.
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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’m not someone who can sing anything… And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing.
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The most political thing you can do is be yourself
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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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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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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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I just remember the audience looking really horrified because Rosie [O’Donnell] was trying to sell the show as sort of Pippin and Annie. She was saying it’s a family show.
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