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.
BOY GEORGEMadonna is a “living, breathing cash register.”
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You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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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 cried. I absolutely wept, because it wasn’t the usual stuff like, “Oh, he was a drug addict and he did this and that…” It was really looking at the music and it was really complimentary. It was a huge thing.
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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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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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On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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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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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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A lot of what I’ve been learning in the last two years is due to therapy – about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven’t worked. It isn’t anything to do with anybody else; it’s to do with me.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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I’m always being inspired .
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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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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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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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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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