I can't believe that I've written my best work yet. If I believed that, then I wouldn't bother releasing music anymore. — George Michael Copy Share Image
It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere. — George Michael Copy Share Image
Of course, I want to sell this record - there's no point making it otherwise. — George Michael Copy Share Image
My music is some of the most honest music that's been released and I think that's why people buy it. — George Michael Copy Share Image
Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music. — George Michael Copy Share Image
We had to create an album where there wasn't one. I never listen to that album [ Music From the Edge of… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic… — George Michael Copy Share Image
It was a very lucky set of incidents that led to Wham! getting a record contract - although we weren't Wham! when… — George Michael Copy Share Image
At a certain age I just stopped arguing. I realized that there was no way [my father] could see, because for him… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I had surprisingly little money when Wham! ended. You'd be very surprised how little, really, because you don't realize how much money… — George Michael Copy Share Image
This was absolutely an attack on [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, principally, and the perspective which is really predominant in Europe right… — George Michael Copy Share Image
Andrew [Ridgeley] and I had demoed a couple of our songs very cheaply, and we weren't expecting any kind of record deal.… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I had a very important personal point to make with this song [I Want Your Sex]. I just hated the idea that… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I do want people to know that the songs that I wrote when I was with women were really about women. And… — George Michael Copy Share Image
In the rest of the world we had had two albums that were successful, so those two albums' hits and this new… — George Michael Copy Share Image
So you scream from behind your door, say what's mine is mine, and not yours I may have too much, but I'll… — George Michael Copy Share Image
The first sign of real obsession with music was with an old wind-up gramophone that mum had thrown out into the garage.… — George Michael Copy Share Image
[Music From the Edge of Heaven] wasn't really an album at all. The band had made the decision to release an LP… — George Michael Copy Share Image
When I write and produce something, I know exactly how I want it to sound, and I have a very strong interpretation… — George Michael Copy Share Image
A lot of people felt that I was just tying that into the "I Want Your Sex" theme because of the AIDS… — George Michael Copy Share Image
That feels natural to me, singing in a small group of people I just can't do. You'll never hear me sing at… — George Michael Copy Share Image
[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17… — George Michael Copy Share Image
Still, the music was always there, and the lyrical capability was always threatening to show its head. — George Michael Copy Share Image
I truly believed that tonight would never happen, that I would never sing these songs to you again. But then I'm a… — George Michael Copy Share Image
The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I just hope that I'll stay around musically for as long as I can. I love to think that I will still… — George Michael Copy Share Image
Basically I see that song as a bunch of images which I threw together to represent the fact that I was seeing… — George Michael Copy Share Image
When Andrew [Ridgeley] first met my family, he heard my mom calling me "Yorgos." He just abbreviated it to Yog, and unfortunately it stuck.… — George Michael Copy Share
The first sign of real obsession with music was with an old wind-up gramophone that mum had thrown out into the garage. My parents… — George Michael Copy Share
I'm a perfectionist. It's a big pain in the ass and it takes a lot of my time, but it really is going well… — George Michael Copy Share
I find it difficult enough as it is to keep some kind of normality in my life. I enjoy this experience, but I don't… — George Michael Copy Share
I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s. — George Michael Copy Share
If I can just live further from the spotlight I think that'll be better for all really. — George Michael Copy Share
Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We're taught that… — George Michael Copy Share
Obviously, [Wham!] made me a lot more comfortable as a musician. I was very confident that I would become a successful musician, but I… — George Michael Copy Share
“I should have known better than to cheat a friend / And waste the chance that I'd been given / So I'm never gonna… — George Michael Copy Share
I don't really feel I deserve something if I haven't had to fight for it. It's not a conscious attitude, and it's stupid and… — George Michael Copy Share
I had been obsessed with insects and creepy-crawlies: I used to get up at five o'clock in the morning and go out into this… — George Michael Copy Share
I think part of it has got to be compensation, yes, for the fact that when I was a kid, I wasn't particularly attractive.… — George Michael Copy Share
In terms of my work, I've never been reticent in terms of defining my sexuality. I write about my life. — George Michael Copy Share
![“We had to create an album where there wasn't one. I never listen to that album [ Music From the Edge of Heaven] because it wasn't an album.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/184/george-michael-1332_album_we-had-to-create-an-album-where-there-wa_1767886.png)
![“At a certain age I just stopped arguing. I realized that there was no way [my father] could see, because for him to approve of what I was doing, he would have to have some belief in me as a musician.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/13e/george-michael-1332_age_at-a-certain-age-i-just-stopped-arguing_2425102.png)
![“This was absolutely an attack on [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, principally, and the perspective which is really predominant in Europe right now that he's not questioning enough of Mr. Bush's policies.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4f7/george-michael-1332_blair_this-was-absolutely-an-attack-on-british_766330.jpg)
![“Andrew [Ridgeley] and I had demoed a couple of our songs very cheaply, and we weren't expecting any kind of record deal. We just walked around with our demo tape, trying to find someone to give us the money to demo properly. Instead of that, we got a record contract. It was just an incredibly…” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/65f/george-michael-1332_andrew_andrew-ridgeley-and-i-had-demoed-a-coupl_1971387.png)
![“I had a very important personal point to make with this song [I Want Your Sex]. I just hated the idea that lust and forbidden excitement could only come with sleaze and strangers.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a3f/george-michael-1332_excitement_i-had-a-very-important-personal-point-to_3131837.jpg)
![“[Music From the Edge of Heaven] wasn't really an album at all. The band had made the decision to release an LP and then split up. We wanted to go out with a bang in Britain and the rest of the world by having a single that was four songs, not just one song. But we couldn't do that over here…” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c2e/george-michael-1332_album_music-from-the-edge-of-heaven-wasn-t-rea_2833256.png)
![“[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17 - she started to believe in me, musically.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/934/george-michael-1332_believe_my-mother-is-much-more-musical-and-by-th_467827.png)
