The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club with only a core group of people. As it got more popular, kids started to come from the suburbs all dressed up, but it -really wasn’t as big as it looked.
BOY GEORGEI 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 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 knew style and content went hand in hand.
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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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My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it’s a very different thing coming out to your family and coming out to the universe. That’s a big step.
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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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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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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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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear.
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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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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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Most of my influences are from the past.
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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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Everything I think in life is about context and intention.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] – things that you probably shouldn’t like.
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