There are people you are madly in love with and thought you could never live without, and suddenly you break up and think, 'What was I thinking?'.
My audience here in America is so eclectic. It's a real mix of people, which is great. Like what I was doing with Culture Club - world music, multiculturalism - not defining everything in terms of sexuality or color. It was about everyone coming together and being part of something.
I'm a much more successful and happier person sober. And I'm nicer to be around.
I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything.
I'm not in love, but I'm open to persuasion.
People in Scunthorpe don't care what I say. And I'm not camp, either. I'm a geezer. I'm not a raving queer, I've got a bit of character. I just ignore people who shout at me in the street. I just stick my head in the air; I'm not interested.
My appetite for self-destruction and misery is greatly diminished. I'm not interested in being unhappy.
I look back now, and most of the drama in my life was self-inflicted. I don't need to make up so much drama now.
Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually.
I was aware that the things that I did bothered people, but that only spurred me on even more.
Ziggy Stardust, the Village People, and punk rock really shaped who I am as a person and as a gay man.
The struggle isn't just about being straight or gay or transgender - it's a human struggle. That's always really been my kind of starting point: If you're out there and you're odd, come over to my house.
In a way, we're going backwards. In the early '80s, it was like all these huge strides, and everything was more free and easy. I think we're going back. I don't know if it's the economics or what, but things are getting more right-wing, definitely.
I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
I've grown up very much living my life very visibly. I've never really hidden who I am.
