People Say Things About Me All The

My Family Knew I Was Gay When I Was 15, Long Before I Got Famous. But It's A Very Different Thing Coming Out To Your Family And Coming Out To The Universe. That's A Big Step. Maybe Without Me, There Wouldn't Be Adam Lambert. Without Bowie, There Wouldn't Be Me. Without Quentin Crisp, There Wouldn't Have Been Bowie. So Everything Is Part Of A Big Daisy Chain.

The Taboo Crowd Was Certainly Less Precious. They Were Happy To End Up In A Pile Of Vomit And Booze At The End Of The Night. It Was Antifashion, In A Sense. They Were Just As Obsessive As The New -romantics But They Acted Like They Didn't Care.

I Wear Makeup And Dress This Way Because I Think It Makes Me Look Better. I Am Not Doing It To Get People To Stare At Me. If I Wanted To Do That I Could Just Put A Pot On My Head, Wear A Wedding Dress, And Run Screaming Down The Street.

For Me The Most Interesting Thing About Leigh Bowery Was The Way He Used His Body As A Style Statement. He Was A Big Guy, But, Because He Was Tall And Had Long Legs, He Looked In Proportion - Even Sexy - Despite Being Overweight By Conventional Standards.

I Suppose All Of Those New Romantic Clubs Were Quite Up Their Own Asses In A Way. Well, Taboo Was Up Its Own Ass In A Different Way, But Not In Terms Of Rules.