So much happened in that 10-year span. There were so many musical revolutions. Some were happening at the same time.
BOY GEORGEA 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.
More Boy George Quotes
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I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say “happy birthday” to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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Whenever there’s an interview with me, I might read it, but I don’t read the comments because they’re so hateful sometimes.
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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 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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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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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 fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules.
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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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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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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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Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.
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As a gay man I feel very strongly about those issues around the world – there’ve been huge changes and developments, but there are still places where things are scary.
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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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