George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
stars years crowds
I wasn't part of the Taboo crowd the same way I was part of the New Romantics. I suppose I was seen more as an elder statesman because I had been around the London club scene for so many years. To the Taboo crowd I was really seen as a pop star, someone famous.
gay men body
On Madonna: She's a gay man trapped in a woman's body.
school jail
Jail's like school but you can't leave.
toughness
I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me.
new-york night thinking
I think drugs played a big role in the Taboo scene. People were taking copious amounts of ecstasy, which had filtered over from New York, and at a certain point you were more likely to spend most of the night in the toilets at the club.
long-distance-relationship radiance separation
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
drug clubs culture
Drugs became an obsession, like Culture Club had been, like religion later became although I'm through with that now.
believe design brave
Leigh Bowery created outfits that made him look deformed, which was very brave. I believe this was the main thing that gave Leigh his edge. His designs were often breath-taking, but it was the way he used his body that was so utterly new and refreshing.
believe goal choices
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
new-york house paradise
The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around '84 or '85.
gay transvestites
I'm not gay, and I'm not a transvestite.
boys voice vowels
Leigh [Bowery] affected a posh English voice and elongated his vowels, and you never knew if he was being sincere or mocking you. If I ever commented on one of his outfits he would snip, "Oh, thank you, Mr. Boy George. I do value your opinion." And then he would spin and make some ridiculous noise and mince off.
sex tea cups-of-tea
I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
drug half world
After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.