Quotes

“Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.” Boy George

“I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records.” Boy George

“I can do anything. In GQ, I appeared as a man.” Boy George

“I just go in my back garden. It's the only place where people don't come and bother you.” Boy George

“I knew style and content went hand in hand.” Boy George

“I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me.” Boy George

“I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.” Boy George

“I'd got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.” Boy George

“I'm always being inspired .” Boy George

“I'm not responsible enough to have a dog - or a child.” Boy George

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

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

“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.” Boy George

“Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually.” Boy George

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

“The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously.” Boy George

“What's really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don't intend to be one of them.” Boy George

“What anybody else thinks about you is really of no consequence. It's what you think of yourself.” David Coverdale

“The audience will make you feel like a demigod. But when you leave the stage, get back to being human.” David Coverdale

“In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to find out, who I am, It's something I think I'll be doing for the rest of my life.” David Coverdale

“I'm the last person to ask 'what do you remember' from a particular time period... I like to learn from the past... not 'live' in it.” David Coverdale

“Amateurs in professional situations make me very impatient.” David Coverdale

“Artistic development is a thing of the past, sadly.” David Coverdale

“Hard rock may have faded from the media for a time, but I've always been able to make a living, if not in America, then in the rest of the world.” David Coverdale

“I don't avoid confrontation, people should know that.” David Coverdale

“I stand by every decision I've made throughout my career and my life, good or bad, up or down.” David Coverdale

“I take care of my voice; I'm working out the way I would do my body, so that stays in shape.” David Coverdale

“I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed.” David Coverdale

“I've always thought live albums were cop-outs.” David Coverdale