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.
BOY GEORGEHis designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
More Boy George Quotes
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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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It’s quite nice that we can have almost direct contact with anyone in the world at any time. I don’t know how important it is in terms of one’s career. It seems to be pretty much superfluous in terms of that, but it’s nice to communicate.
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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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You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
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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 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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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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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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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you’re allowed to make jokes. I don’t want to live in some PC world where no-one’s allowed to say anything.
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I suppose I was seen more as an elder statesman because I had been around the London club scene for so many years. To the Taboo crowd I was really seen as a pop star, someone famous.
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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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The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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Madonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
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