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
Obviously, [Wham!] made me a lot more comfortable as a musician. I was very confident that I would become a successful musician,… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I had been obsessed with insects and creepy-crawlies: I used to get up at five o'clock in the morning and go out… — 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
50 percent of the people I perform for have come to scream at me and the other 50 percent have come to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
There are so many things and so many aspects to gay life that I've discovered and so many things to write about.… — 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
When I open my mouth and sing, the truth comes out. When I write, the truth comes out. I can't lie. That,… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious… — George Michael Copy Share Image
My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't.… — 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
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
I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man. — George Michael Copy Share Image
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
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
I never really told my parents that I wanted to be a pop star or anything. They just knew that I was… — 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 have got other interests than just making music. I would like to follow those interests through. — 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
Still, the music was always there, and the lyrical capability was always threatening to show its head. — 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 Image
[My family] is one of the strongest families you're ever likely to see. — 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. My parents… — George Michael Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s. — George Michael Copy Share Image
If I can just live further from the spotlight I think that'll be better for all really. — George Michael Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image