Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up.

As a kid, I would've loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It's great that you can communicate with people and it's instant.

Most of my influences are from the past.

Everything I think in life is about context and intention.

We changed the name from Sex Gang Children to Culture Club because Jon Moss, our drummer, went to L.A. on holiday and took some demo tapes with him. -Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, "I don't think America's ready for the Sex Gang Children."

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

I was about 16 when punk started to happen... It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by wearing something.