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

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

Don't talk about things you don't like. Talk about music that you love, books that you've read. I put a lot of recipes online.

[Getting older is] experience but it's also changing your mindset.

Leigh [Bowery] would create fake guest lists and put the most ridiculous names on them - Joan Collins, or really naff soap stars who would never grace the door of Taboo.

A lot of Donna Summer and things that maybe weren't trendy anymore or weren't hip in gay clubs but you'd hear them at Taboo.

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.