265 Quotes by Boy George

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    When I first went to New York, I didn't really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn't really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.

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    I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It felt like you had this naïve idea that you could change things just by wearing something.

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    Leigh Bowery was actually quoted as saying, "Flesh is my most favorite fabric." I've seen many a freak make a scene and go, but Leigh was a special kind of exhibitionist because he was dedicated and saw it as an art form.

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    Sex has never been an obsession with me. It's just like eating a bag of crisps. Quite nice, but nothing marvellous.

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    Comparing Madonna with Marilyn Monroe is like comparing Raquel Welch with the back of a bus.

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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 to cut sausages.

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    The band never actually split up - we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.

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    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 when I finally came out and said, "Yes, I do sleep with men and I'm gay," yeah, I lost record sales. There's no question - big, big time.

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