Boy George
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"Boy George" is a British singer-songwriter, 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 rock/glam influences, such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

During the 1980s, Boy George was the lead singer of the Grammy Awards/Grammy and Brit Award winning pop band Culture Club where he became known for his soulful voice and Androgyny/androgynous appearance. He also founded and was lead singer of Jesus Loves You (band)/Jesus Loves You during the period 1989–1992. Being involved in many activities (among them songwriting, DJing, writing books, designing clothes and photography), he has released fewer music recordings in the last decade.

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

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Antony is so honest and so powerful, and that is what makes a true star. I've seen audiences twitch when he performs, because some people get very uncomfortable with such raw vulnerability. But I love it. It's what we need.

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I think that might have been you, Chris.

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

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In the '60s everybody wanted to be the Beatles or the Stones, in the '70s there were bands everybody tried to emulate, like Led Zeppelin. And I think in the '80s you had lots of bands that had quite individual sounds, ... '80s Rewind.

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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

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I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.

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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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I stared at his picture for so many hours when I was pre-teen, ... When we were doing the recording for the album I'd look across and there were those eyes, coming out at me like lasers from a picture of 20 years ago. It was wild.

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