I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
BOY GEORGEI 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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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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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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His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
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Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we’re losing our individuality.
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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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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.
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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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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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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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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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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…
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Gay unions, what is that about? I haven’t been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn’t go anyway.
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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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Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I’d had to tell them.
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