We were both dabbling with music but no, I persuaded George, railroaded him really into forming a band. I think we both… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
Certainly that's what I like in a lot of the music that I listen to, kind of a sexual energy. Guitars and… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
George had performed musical alchemy, distilling the essence of Christmas into music. Adding a lyric which told the tale of betrayed love… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
George was a late arrival at school and he was sort of put in my charge, and one of the immediate similarities… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
I wanted a physical kick in the music. I wanted it to be stimulating. — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
I could see no other way of doing something with my life apart from music. — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
I had always been aware of George's importance to me, of the bond of friendship and of the sparkle and light, effervescence… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
It started out ordinarily enough: In 1975, we were two boys that happened to share a mutual sense of humor, a love… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
Our demo tape we got signed on was composed of three songs, 'Wham Rap,' half of 'Club Tropicana' and a verse and… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
My parents actively tried to discourage me from going into music - especially Dad, because of the troubled times he had in… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
There are people much better placed to make music than me. It's always been a young person's game. — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
George's contribution to the great archive of contemporary music rests alongside the immortals. His is a legacy of unquestionable brilliance and one… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
It's an amazing privilege to perform for an audience paying to hear the music that you've recorded. — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
George has left in his songs, in the transcendent beauty of his voice, and in the poetic expression of his soul, the… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
We were both dabbling with music but no, I persuaded George, railroaded him really into forming a band. I think we both had the… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
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… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
Give yourself a healthy bit of distance between your fame and reality because they are two different things. — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
The great thing about dancing is it's a way to get close to a beautiful woman you have never met. — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
People get very put out when someone is as forceful in their views and in their methods as George is. — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
On Christmas Day 2016, the greatest singer songwriter of his generation, an icon of his era, George Michael, was lost. A supernova in the… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
I think we achieved what we wanted to achieve. It was a short time period but we had broken America, we had been a… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
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… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
Despite the pain of his death, George is still very much alive in my memory today. A few years on from that tragic Christmas,… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
We don't like our lives being monitored, so when someone dies alone, perhaps there are always answers that remain out of reach. — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
George probably wanted to be rich and famous - most of us do, I think - but I don't think he ever wanted to… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
