Personality Is A Real Aphrodisiac,

A Lot Of People Come Up To Me All The Time And Say Thank You For Helping Me Be Who I Am. So My Thing Wasn't Just About Sexuality. It Was About Anyone Who Felt Different; Anyone Who Felt Out Of Place. Being Gay Was One Part Of It.

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.

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.

In Fact, He [george Michael] Was Loitering In Public Loos Like Some Pre-war Homosexual. It's One Thing To Keep Quiet. It's Another To Pretend You're Someone You're Not.

Comparing Madonna With Marilyn Monroe Is Like Comparing Raquel Welch With The Back Of A Bus.