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Boy George, born George Alan O'Dowd, is an English musician and fashion icon. He gained fame as the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club, known for hits like "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" and "Karma Chameleon." George's distinctive voice and androgynous style made him a prominent figure in the 1980s music scene. Beyond music, he has been involved in fashion and activism, maintaining a significant presence in popular culture.
"I'm always being inspired ."
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"I'm always being inspired ."

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"The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously."
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"The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously."

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"I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous."
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"I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous."

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"I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records."
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"I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records."

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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 had a party - you know, it's been a bit too noisy for them or something."
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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 had a party - you know, it's been a bit too noisy for them or something."

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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 a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that."
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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 a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that."

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"When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London."
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"When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London."

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

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"Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality."
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"Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality."

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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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"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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"A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me."
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"A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else; it's to do with me."

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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 I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you."
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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 I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you."

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"I would rather have a cup of tea than sex."
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"I would rather have a cup of tea than sex."

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"I'm being honest, I say what I think."
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"I'm being honest, I say what I think."

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"Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance."
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"Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance."

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"I knew style and content went hand in hand."
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"I knew style and content went hand in hand."

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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 I don't intend to be one of them."
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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 I don't intend to be one of them."

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

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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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"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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"I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years."
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"I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years."

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"She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one."
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"She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one."

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"An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."
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"An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."

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"Well there are those who think you can only succeed at someone else's expense."
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"Well there are those who think you can only succeed at someone else's expense."

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"Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance."
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"Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance."

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"I'd got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty."
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"I'd got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty."

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

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"I can do anything. In GQ, I appeared as a man."
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"I can do anything. In GQ, I appeared as a man."

Man,
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