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.
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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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.
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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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I am what I am. There’s nothing I can do about it.
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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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The band never actually split up – we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.
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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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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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I’m always tweeting about food and things that I’ve made.
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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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I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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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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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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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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