I think for me one of the big things was realizing that being Boy George is my job. It's what I do.

I felt that making records in a traditional way - putting them out in the same way, wasting loads of money - was just a pointless exercise.

Leigh [Bowery] obviously loved having me in the club because I would attract media, and he loved and lived for his column inches.

A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my thing wasn't just about sexuality. It was about anyone who felt different; anyone who felt out of place. Being gay was one part of it.

The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules. You had Jeffrey Hinton playing every kind of music. It was like going back to when I used to deejay at Planet in '79, where you'd mix in nutty things like hip-hop or reggae or The Sound of Music [1965] or other film soundtracks - whatever.

Everything I think in life is about context and intention.

Being in the Boy Scouts, you don't think about whether people are gay or straight. You're busy putting up tents and learning to cut sausages.