I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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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I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you’re allowed to make jokes. I don’t want to live in some PC world where no-one’s allowed to say anything.
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The problem with being on the road – especially in a hot place like Florida – is that you can begin to think you’re on holiday.
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I think of myself more as a creative-type person, but it’s quite nice to be challenged physically and mentally.
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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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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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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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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.
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Leigh [Bowery] would create fake guest lists and put the most ridiculous names on them – Joan Collins, or really naff soap stars who would never grace the door of Taboo.
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The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around ’84 or ’85.
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I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
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Maybe without me, there wouldn’t be Adam Lambert. Without Bowie, there wouldn’t be me. Without Quentin Crisp, there wouldn’t have been Bowie. So everything is part of a big daisy chain.
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I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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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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[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is really good at [‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ show]. Totally different energy to our potential president, but he’s cool.
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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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