Boy George

Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I'd had to…

— Boy George

I was about 16 when punk started to happen... It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things…

— Boy George

I feel like my career has always been a series of collisions and accidents. Being in the right place at the right…

— Boy George

People in Scunthorpe don't care what I say. And I'm not camp, either. I'm a geezer. I'm not a raving queer, I've…

— Boy George

I enjoy the freedom of living alone and not having anyone interfere with my belongings. I mean, I'm quite a selfish human…

— Boy George

I used to think of George Michael as being mechanical, like a scientist in a white coat, working in a laboratory, creating…

— Boy George

I knew that I was different when I was six years old, but it wasn't until I got to about 10 or…

— Boy George

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

— Boy George

Karma chameleon: we come and go, we come and go.

— Boy George

I've given up coffee, made diet changes.

— Boy George

I think there's something really powerful about being yourself.

— Boy George

I don't know whether when I was 20 years old or 25 years old if somebody would have come along with incredible…

— Boy George

When I was 19 or 20 and doing my thing, I can't sit here and say I had this strong political agenda…

— Boy George

As for Madonna, I always used to laugh at her running. And now I run! I get why she always ran. I…

— Boy George

I'm of the opinion that as a DJ you must always play what you love and ignore what's 'trendy' because true passion…

— Boy George

Let's face it: I've got a bit of a reputation.

— Boy George

I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records.

— Boy George

When you're in the world I'm in, sometimes you have to remember that when you see your friends, you need to ask…

— Boy George

The 1970s was probably the most exciting decade to be a teenager, from discovering Little Richard at the end of the 1960s…

— Boy George

I don't want to be a figure of disappointment.

— Boy George

I used to tell my mum to leave my dad when I was, like, nine. I loved my father, don't get me…

— Boy George

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…

— Boy George

I am thinking of George Michael's family, friends and fans. He was so loved and I hope he knew it because the…

— Boy George

I get over things really quickly, and I feel like in this business, you have to be like that.

— Boy George

A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there's…

— Boy George