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Boy George looks back on the 1970s as a freeing time that shaped his music and style. He says the club scene and later DJing gave him a fresh creative path. He also notes that many people only reach out online for quick birthday wishes, not deeper connection.

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I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of vaginas. They bother me in the way that spiders bother some people.

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Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually.

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I just go in my back garden. It's the only place where people don't come and bother you.

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“Not knowing when to shut up was one of my greatest faults.”

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I know that there are some people who don't like me, and that kind of surprises me more than the people who…

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People like my honesty. When I'm sane, I'm very much myself.

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The more I dressed up, the more people reacted... the more I wanted to do it.

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People that plan interviews are really boring. I just say what I want when it comes into my head.

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Sometimes indifference can be so erotic. I think the people who are most dismissive of you get the most of your attention.

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What's really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and…

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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…

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Every freak has a mother. When I met Marilyn Manson I was struck by how nice he was. People are rarely as…

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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…

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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…

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My coming of age was in the '70s. A lot of people look back on it as a grim decade, but I…

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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…

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My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and…

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You're lucky if you reach the point where you go, "OK, I have a wonderful life ...I fly around the world, stay…

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Before I got famous, I was like a rake. When I was a teenager, I lived on nervous energy. And I always…

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I'm not someone who can sing anything... And my favorite singers aren't people whose voice you would say is amazing. I'm a…

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I went back to DJ'ing in 1987, and it's been an incredible second career for me. Plus, it's almost a parallel universe.…

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Tweeting is something you can do wherever you are, on your phone, on the computer, in an airport lounge. It's easy to…

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Whenever there's an interview with me, I might read it, but I don't read the comments because they're so hateful sometimes. When…

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I like the big bombastic singers, but I'm also very drawn to what I call character singers. They're people who obviously aren't…

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Luckily, I'm not one of those people who wants to be young; it's never bothered me.

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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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When you're successful, people have no sympathy. Nobody wants to catch the tears of a millionaire.

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I was aware that the things that I did bothered people, but that only spurred me on even more.

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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…

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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'm a big fan of Yoko, one of those weird people who really love her music, and who argues with people all…

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I'm much more careful now about who I let into my life, but I don't think you could ever change what you're…

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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.…

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There are people you are madly in love with and thought you could never live without, and suddenly you break up and…

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I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say "happy birthday" to their mom or wish them good…

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I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they're annoyed if you've…

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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…

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As a kid, I would've loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It's great that…

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Being in the Boy Scouts, you don't think about whether people are gay or straight. You're busy putting up tents and learning…

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The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club…

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You find out so many interesting things when you're not on drugs.

There are lots of things about me that have changed. Some things are a process; some things take time.

I've got so much to be happy about.

For artists of my caliber, we're not played on the radio, so we don't really get a chance to get involved in that debate…

I remember going onstage on Broadway in this Leigh Bowery thing for a track like "Ich Bin Kunst." I've got breasts, this latex dripping…

You have to watch what you eat.

I have the best job in the world. There's not really a lot to moan or whine about. I've got the privilege of going…

My coming of age was in the '70s. A lot of people look back on it as a grim decade, but I look back…

You get much more done if you go to bed early and get up early.

Sly Stone made such a huge contribution to the good feeling in the universe, and I love him as a singer.

And being gay isn't so easy, either I've always said that if anyone ever thought I was straight they must need glasses - but…

One door closes and another one opens.

I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they're annoyed if you've had a…

I've had to write in a different way because I'm not in a bad place and I'm not heartbroken, so there's no one I…

I'm much more interested in working and getting on with my music.