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.
BOY GEORGEEveryone 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.”
More Boy George Quotes
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For me, I’ve gotten better at that since I’ve gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.
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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 best thing you can do is work on your personality because we’re all gonna get ugly.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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I’m not responsible enough to have a dog – or a child.
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Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.
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When I go onstage, I’m going to work …I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it’s like a romantic song or a happy song.
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For me with “The Apprentice,” it kind of blew out my business brain. I don’t really think of myself as a business person.
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Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] – things that you probably shouldn’t like.
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And it’s taken me the best part of 54 years to reach that point where I’m like, “I’m very lucky, I’m lucky, I’m blessed” – all of those things. I wish I could impart that to other people but I think when you’re young, you just don’t listen.
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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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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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I think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.
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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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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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