Quotes by Boy George

About Boy George:

Boy George is a British singer/songwriter, fashion designer and photographer and who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to the early 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by rhythm and blues and reggae. His 1990s and 2000s-era solo music has glam influences, such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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.

Boy George

Not knowing when to shut up was one of my greatest faults.

Boy George

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.

Boy George

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

Boy George

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

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

Boy George

I've never been a bad person and always had quite good morals. There's always been a side of me that's been quite proper, but it's got distracted here and there. Now I'm the person I should be.

Boy George

My life hasn't always been a disaster, it's just that when it has, it's been a spectacular disaster.

Boy George

I always feel that my whole life is representing the LGBT community. It's kind of what I do all the time.

Boy George

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.

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 always eclipses what's fashionable. Quality is always fashionable.

Boy George

I know that there are some people who don't like me, and that kind of surprises me more than the people who love me.

Boy George

I'm a big fan of Yoko, one of those weird people who really love her music, and who argues with people all the time, because people do write her off.

Boy George

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

Boy George

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

Boy George

I knew style and content went hand in hand.

Boy George

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.

Boy George

I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me.

Boy George

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

Boy George

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

Boy George

Author Bio

  • NameBoy George
  • DescriptionEnglish musician
  • BornJune 14, 1961
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Disc Jockey; Photographer; Musician; Singer; Writer; Autobiographer; Composer