I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
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.
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I was about 16 when punk started to happen… It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by wearing something.
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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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When I first went to New York, I didn’t really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn’t really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.
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Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
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If I ever commented on one of his outfits he would snip, “Oh, thank you, Mr. Boy George. I do value your opinion.” And then he would spin and make some ridiculous noise and mince off.
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I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
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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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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 think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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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’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.
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She’s probably in denial that she’s a great big ball of insecurity and I’m quite well aware that I am one.
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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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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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