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I am what I am. There's nothing I can do about it.

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Boy George
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 14
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George Alan O'Dowd
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I think drugs played a big role in the Taboo scene. People were taking copious amounts of ecstasy, which had filtered over from New York, and at a certain point you were more likely to spend most of the night in the toilets at the club.
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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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My God is better than your God
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A difficult crowd will always test your true ability.
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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
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You find out so many interesting things when you're not on drugs.
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Karma chameleon: we come and go, we come and go.
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I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the U.K. There was a sanitation strike. London was really grim, gray. You had Margaret Thatcher coming in. It was a really revolutionary time.
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You have to watch what you eat.
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I'm being honest, I say what I think.
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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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I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.
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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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I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records.
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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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Leigh Bowery created outfits that made him look deformed, which was very brave. I believe this was the main thing that gave Leigh his edge. 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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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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Leigh [Bowery] obviously loved having me in the club because I would attract media, and he loved and lived for his column inches.
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Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.
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I always feel that my whole life is representing the LGBT community. It's kind of what I do all the time.
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