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I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.

Boy George

The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
BOY GEORGE

Depend Gay Homophobic Issues Men
For me the most interesting thing about Leigh Bowery was the way he used his body as a style statement. He was a big guy, but, because he was tall and had long legs, he looked in proportion – even sexy – despite being overweight by conventional standards.
BOY GEORGE

Interesting Long Look Sexy Standard
Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
BOY GEORGE

Doors Hunger Strike Suicide
The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around ’84 or ’85.
BOY GEORGE

Country House Paradise People
I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
BOY GEORGE

Children Dog Enough
I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
BOY GEORGE

Artist Nobody Records Thinking
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 GEORGE

Boys People Records Response Work
A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my thing wasn’t just about sexuality. It was about anyone who felt different; anyone who felt out of place. Being gay was one part of it.
BOY GEORGE

Gay Helping People Sexual Thank
You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
BOY GEORGE

Certain Eat Properly
You’re lucky if you reach the point where you go, “OK, I have a wonderful life …I fly around the world, stay in beautiful places, people are generally quite sweet to me, what’s to complain about?” But I think you have to get there…
BOY GEORGE

Beautiful Blessed Generally People Sweet
Whenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.
BOY GEORGE

People Sometimes Thinking Writing
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.
BOY GEORGE

Levels Media Writing
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 GEORGE

Absolutely Compliment Drug Huge Thing
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.
BOY GEORGE

Acting Autobiography Song Writing
What’s really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don’t intend to be one of them.
BOY GEORGE

Being Embarrassing People Really Sad
You had disco going on behind punk. You had Michael Jackson. You had the Sex Pistols.
BOY GEORGE

Behind Disco Person Punk Sex

I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.

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