His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
BOY GEORGESo much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
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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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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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I don’t know whether when I was 20 years old or 25 years old if somebody would have come along with incredible wisdom whether I would have really listened.
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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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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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For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
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When I go onstage, I’m going to work …I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it’s like a romantic song or a happy song.
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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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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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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 suppose all of those New Romantic clubs were quite up their own asses in a way. Well, Taboo was up its own ass in a different way, but not in terms of rules.
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For me, touring is about looking after myself.
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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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I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It’s about respecting what you’re doing. You’re going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
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