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> [The success came very quickly and it was a different age so one's awareness, especially in a global sense wasn't quite the same as it was these days because of social media and because of the huge variety of media…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/the-success-came-very-quickly-and-it-was-a-different-age-so-one-s/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

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## More by Andrew Ridgeley

> [We were both dabbling with music but no, I persuaded George, railroaded him really into forming a band. I think we both had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/we-were-both-dabbling-with-music-but-no-i-persuaded-george-railroaded/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [Certainly that's what I like in a lot of the music that I listen to, kind of a sexual energy. Guitars and rock get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/certainly-that-s-what-i-like-in-a-lot-of-the-music-that-i-listen-to/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [Give yourself a healthy bit of distance between your fame and reality because they are two different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/give-yourself-a-healthy-bit-of-distance-between-your-fame-and-reality/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [The great thing about dancing is it's a way to get close to a beautiful woman you have never met.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/the-great-thing-about-dancing-is-it-s-a-way-to-get-close-to-a/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [People get very put out when someone is as forceful in their views and in their methods as George is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/people-get-very-put-out-when-someone-is-as-forceful-in-their-views/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [On Christmas Day 2016, the greatest singer songwriter of his generation, an icon of his era, George Michael, was lost. A supernova in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/on-christmas-day-2016-the-greatest-singer-songwriter-of-his/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [I think we achieved what we wanted to achieve. It was a short time period but we had broken America, we had been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/i-think-we-achieved-what-we-wanted-to-achieve-it-was-a-short-time/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [A terrible additional worry was the emergence of AIDS. I know I wasn't the only friend of George's who worried about him during that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/a-terrible-additional-worry-was-the-emergence-of-aids-i-know-i-wasn-t/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [Despite the pain of his death, George is still very much alive in my memory today. A few years on from that tragic Christmas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/despite-the-pain-of-his-death-george-is-still-very-much-alive-in-my/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [I'd rather be called lightweight than serious any day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/i-d-rather-be-called-lightweight-than-serious-any-day/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [We don't like our lives being monitored, so when someone dies alone, perhaps there are always answers that remain out of reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/we-don-t-like-our-lives-being-monitored-so-when-someone-dies-alone/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [George probably wanted to be rich and famous - most of us do, I think - but I don't think he ever wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/george-probably-wanted-to-be-rich-and-famous-most-of-us-do-i-think/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [George had performed musical alchemy, distilling the essence of Christmas into music. Adding a lyric which told the tale of betrayed love was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/george-had-performed-musical-alchemy-distilling-the-essence-of/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [George is so prolific as a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/george-is-so-prolific-as-a-writer/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

> [The success came very quickly and it was a different age so one's awareness, especially in a global sense wasn't quite the same as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ridgeley/the-success-came-very-quickly-and-it-was-a-different-age-so-one-s/)

[Andrew Ridgeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ridgeley/)

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