Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.
Karma chameleon: we come and go, we come and go.
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
Leigh [Bowery] affected a posh English voice and elongated his vowels, and you never knew if he was being sincere or mocking you. If I ever commented on one of his outfits he would snip, "Oh, thank you, Mr. Boy George. I do value your opinion. " And then he would spin and make some ridiculous noise and mince off.
Leigh Bowery created outfits that made him look deformed, which was very brave. I believe this was the main thing that gave Leigh his edge. His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
Jail's like school but you can't leave.
I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It's what I do.
My father? A hard drinking man from the 70's. We actually have no pictures of my dad where he is not holding a beer. Weddings, Funerals, Water Skiing, Parent-Teacher Conference. When I got sick around him as a kid growing up, he'd always warm me up a shot of 100 proof whiskey. Never got sick. . . that I can remember.
I don't like weddings. I never have. I find moments in them I really like, but I always look at them like, "Oh my God, we have to go to a wedding. " My problem with weddings is that they are just too long.
The women of today are in a fair way to dethrone the myth of femininity; they are beginning to affirm their independence in concrete ways; but they do not easily succeed in living completely the life of a human being.
Now I have the bravery to do fine things.