I cried. I absolutely wept, because it wasn’t the usual stuff like, “Oh, he was a drug addict and he did this and that…” It was really looking at the music and it was really complimentary. It was a huge thing.
BOY GEORGEI am thinking of George Michael’s family, friends and fans. He was so loved and I hope he knew it because the sadness today is beyond words. Devastating.
More Boy George Quotes
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One door closes and another one opens.
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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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My God is better than your God
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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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When you’re younger, you think you’re in competition with everyone. You think everyone’s success is a threat to you, and this is a thing you grow out of.
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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 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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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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I am thinking of George Michael’s family, friends and fans. He was so loved and I hope he knew it because the sadness today is beyond words. Devastating.
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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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You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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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 don’t get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?
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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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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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