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Boy George Inspirational Quotes (84)

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I can do anything. In GQ, I appeared as a man.
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Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear. We could do great things with our hair. We had protest badges that read I belong to the Blank Generation. It was such a great time to be a kid.
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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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You have to watch what you eat.
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I wear makeup and dress this way because I think it makes me look better. I am not doing it to get people to stare at me. If I wanted to do that I could just put a pot on my head, wear a wedding dress, and run screaming down the street.
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People say things about me all the time and I get over it. I've had some appalling things told about me.
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For me, touring is about looking after myself.
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Warren Street was at the high end of the New Romantic scene. They were mostly college art students and people who knew top designers.
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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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Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.
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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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A difficult crowd will always test your true ability.
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One door closes and another one opens.
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Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually.
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I wasn't part of the Taboo crowd the same way I was part of the New Romantics. 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 exercise. I go to the gym every day. It's about respecting what you're doing. You're going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
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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.
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Go home. Let me do my community service.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there he was gorgeous.
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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. You get older and you suddenly realize the only person you're in competition with is yourself.
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It's [Jail's] like being at school. Except you can't leave.
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A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my thing wasn't just about sexuality. It was about anyone who felt different anyone who felt out of place. Being gay was one part of it.
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Karma chameleon: we come and go, we come and go.
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