265 Quotes by Boy George

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    My appetite for self-destruction and misery is greatly diminished. I'm not interested in being unhappy.

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    I think that's the fascinating thing about the '70s is that it turns out it was quite a dark decade. But, like, who knew?

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    To me, I think of the '70s as being this glorious decade where I discovered who I was and discovered all these amazing things... punk rock, electro music, fashion, all of that.

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    On the street, on the train - I pull my hat down, and nobody knows it's me. I always wanted the kind of fame that came with an off button.

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    I've never shied away from country. 'Karma Chameleon' verges on country. Reggae and country are very closely linked. If you go to Jamaica, you hear a lot of country music. There's a correlation.

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    When I got sober, I really felt like there was something that was missing from my life, Buddhism is something that I practice.

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    I wanted people not to care about whether you were gay, straight, black, white, transgender, whatever it may be... That being said, there's more work to be done... I still want to change the world, absolutely.

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    I forgive very easily, and I suppose, in the same way, I expect to be forgiven very easily as well. I grew up with that.

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