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

Comparing Madonna with Marilyn Monroe is like comparing Raquel Welch with the back of a bus.

When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London.

The most political thing you can do is be yourself

After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.

Drugs became an obsession, like Culture Club had been, like religion later became although I'm through with that now.

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.