I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It’s what I do.
BOY GEORGEI was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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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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One door closes and another one opens.
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I have the best job in the world. There’s not really a lot to moan or whine about. I’ve got the privilege of going out and doing something I absolutely love.
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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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When you’re younger, you think you’re in competition with everyone. You think everyone’s success is a threat to you, and this is a thing you grow out of.
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The world is less homophobic, depending on where you are in the world…
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My God is better than your God
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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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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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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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I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.
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I’m a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan… none of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they’re singing about is just as important as how they’re singing it.
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You find out so many interesting things when you’re not on drugs.
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