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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.

Boy George

Most of my influences are from the past.
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Influence Most Past People
Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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Clothes Hair Kids Wonderful
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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Breath Designing Refreshing Talking
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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Country People Punk Revolutionary Sanitation Strike
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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Doors Names Stars
You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
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Competition Get Older Yourself
What happened during the previews of ‘Taboo’ [musical] was that it was the first time I’d ever been written about as a great song-writer.
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Drug Musical Song Writer
Madonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
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Breathing Cash Register
The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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Best Personality Things Ugly
Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, “I don’t think America’s ready for the Sex Gang Children.”
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Children Everyone Music Remember Sex
Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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Appearance Drama Looks
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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Instant Kids People Rivers
I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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Empty Felt Successful
I’m always being inspired .
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Always Being Inspired
I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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Character People Special
For me, I’ve gotten better at that since I’ve gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.
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Better Good Gotten Older Younger

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