A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there’s a lot of DJs making records, they’re not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.
BOY GEORGEI think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It’s what I do.
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I’m always being inspired .
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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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I knew style and content went hand in hand.
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[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is really good at [‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ show]. Totally different energy to our potential president, but he’s cool.
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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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In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.
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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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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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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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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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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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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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Most of my influences are from the past.
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I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they’re annoyed if you’ve had a party – you know, it’s been a bit too noisy for them or something.
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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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