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Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, “I don’t think America’s ready for the Sex Gang Children.”

Boy George

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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Country House Paradise People
His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
BOY GEORGE

Breath Designing Refreshing Talking
What’s really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don’t intend to be one of them.
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Being Embarrassing People Really Sad
Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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People Real Thinking
On Madonna: She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body.
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Body Culture Gay Men Woman
I just remember the audience looking really horrified because Rosie [O’Donnell] was trying to sell the show as sort of Pippin and Annie. She was saying it’s a family show.
BOY GEORGE

Family Horrified Looking Remember Show
After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.
BOY GEORGE

Drug Half Sensuous Stroke World
Gay unions, what is that about? I haven’t been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn’t go anyway.
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Divorce Gay Invited Thinking
You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you’re in competition with is yourself.
BOY GEORGE

Competition Get Older Yourself
I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. …Nobody really sells records anymore.
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Artist Nobody Records Thinking
I like the big bombastic singers, but I’m also very drawn to what I call character singers.
BOY GEORGE

Character People Special
The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
BOY GEORGE

Best Personality Things Ugly
Voting for New Labour is like helping an old lady across the road while screaming ‘Get a move on!’ Even the Tories, who you could once rely on to be completely heartless are pretending to care.
BOY GEORGE

Completely Heartless Moving Voting
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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Alowm Anything Say Trying World
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.
BOY GEORGE

Boys People Records Response Work
I just go in my back garden. It’s the only place where people don’t come and bother you.
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Bother Garden People

Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, “I don’t think America’s ready for the Sex Gang Children.”

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Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, “I don’t think America’s ready for the Sex Gang Children.”

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