I'd got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.

I'm being honest, I say what I think.

I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous.

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

A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there's a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.

On Madonna: She's a gay man trapped in a woman's body.

I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It's about respecting what you're doing. You're going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.