Boy george

I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they're annoyed if you've had a party - you know, it's been a bit too noisy for them or something.

Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality.

Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I'd had to tell them.

People say things about me all the time and I get over it. I've had some appalling things told about me.

I'm a big fan of Yoko, one of those weird people who really love her music, and who argues with people all the time, because people do write her off.

Well there are those who think you can only succeed at someone else's expense.

You get much more done if you go to bed early and get up early.

I didn't think anyone was going to buy 'Do You Really Wanna Hurt Me?' It was really personal, not a hit record, I thought. I wanted us to sound completely different. Shows how much I knew.

I never thought I'd be doing records a year after I started - I had no idea it would last as long as it did.

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