The band never actually split up - we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.

Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually.

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

I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of vaginas. They bother me in the way that spiders bother some people.

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 approached by this guy Chris Renshaw, who had read my book and had read Leigh's book. He wanted to incorporate both characters - he probably felt Leigh wasn't famous enough and he realized Leigh [Bowery] and I were associated.

Most of my influences are from the past.