Deep down, my ego always thought that I would outlast a lot of people that I was competing against. — George Michael Copy Share Image
I don't go for safe options. Romantically, I go for people who are a pain in the ass. — 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 think my idea of a perfect romance is when two people really belong to each other. — George Michael Copy Share Image
I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like. — George Michael Copy Share Image
The most common misconception people have had in the past is about my own control and calculation of my career. — George Michael Copy Share Image
I think I'm getting there, but it's very hard to perform at my absolute peak when an awful lot of people come… — 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
[Wham!] totally changed my life. It would be very difficult to know how it changed me as a person; you'd have to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I have been taken for a ride a couple of times. I've been hurt by people who I've had a 90 percent… — George Michael Copy Share Image
Things that I was writing for Wham! were a strong indication of what my future album would be like. But most people… — George Michael Copy Share Image
You can't imagine what it's like playing to people who have been loyal to you for 25 years and haven't seen you for 15. — George Michael Copy Share Image
I want the people who came to listen to have a good time as well. So it's a matter of playing a… — George Michael Copy Share Image
People have speculated about my sexuality for years and years. They are obviously interested in my sex life. Fine. Let them speculate.… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I'm perfectly happy to admit that insecurity. It doesn't bother me. It's there, just the same as the color of my eyes… — 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
[Tabloids] could call you a child molester, I suppose, but they just go for the two things they think people are most… — 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
The years between leaving school and actually becoming an adult are very important years. You make a lot of choices as to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I don't know what age the people who review my concerts reached puberty, I don't know if people in America reach puberty… — 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
It's an incredibly limited sphere those tabloids have, isn't it? Basically, they can accuse people of being gay and they can accuse… — George Michael Copy Share Image
People, you can never change the way they feel. Better let them do what they will. For they will, if you let… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I just mean people who seem unavailable in the sense that they're not prepared to totally cling to anyone. I'm very attracted… — 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
I've been approached many times by many different people, and most people want to do something that I write and produce, and… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I watch people who are not driven by creativity any more, and I think how dull it must be to produce the… — George Michael Copy Share Image
As I became George professionally and everyone called me George, Yog became the name that people who knew me from before started… — 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
We [with Andrew Ridgeley] didn't expect people to take it seriously. But naturally they did, and they thought we were a couple… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I'd been out to a lot of people since 19. I wish to God it had happened then. I don't think I… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I do think that Live Aid (1985) (TV) was a great thing, it focused people, I think it showed young kids the… — 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
People run on and off the stage, but usually they're removed before they get to me. It's not really frightening. There's always… — George Michael Copy Share Image
The media has affected everybody's consciousness much more than most people will admit. — George Michael Copy Share Image
I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on? — George Michael Copy Share Image
When someone is always going to be there for you. I meet people like that all the time, but I have this… — George Michael Copy Share Image
The thing that's weird is that we thought it was funny. We expected people to get the joke - that we [with… — 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
![“[Wham!] totally changed my life. It would be very difficult to know how it changed me as a person; you'd have to ask other people that.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d9d/george-michael-1332_asks_wham-totally-changed-my-life-it-would-be_1593100.jpg)
![“[Tabloids] could call you a child molester, I suppose, but they just go for the two things they think people are most likely to believe and that will most offend yourself and your popularity. My skin hardened to all that stuff years ago.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/03b/george-michael-1332_believe_tabloids-could-call-you-a-child-molester_1385159.jpg)
![“We [with Andrew Ridgeley] didn't expect people to take it seriously. But naturally they did, and they thought we were a couple of wankers.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0d2/george-michael-1332_andrew_we-with-andrew-ridgeley-didn-t-expect-pe_1150899.jpg)
![“The thing that's weird is that we thought it was funny. We expected people to get the joke - that we [with Andrew Ridgeley] were two guys really making asses of ourselves.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/42d/george-michael-1332_andrew_the-thing-that-s-weird-is-that-we-though_2471073.jpg)
![“When Andrew [Ridgeley] first met my family, he heard my mom calling me "Yorgos." He just abbreviated it to Yog, and unfortunately it stuck. I hated it is a teenager. It was not the most glamorous-sounding name in the world.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00b/george-michael-1332_andrew_when-andrew-ridgeley-first-met-my-family_12039.jpg)
![“[My family] is one of the strongest families you're ever likely to see.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e95/george-michael-1332_family_my-family-is-one-of-the-strongest-famili_52182.jpg)
![“Obviously, [Wham!] made me a lot more comfortable as a musician. I was very confident that I would become a successful musician, but I had no idea I would be a celebrity.” quote by George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3de/george-michael-1332_comfortable_obviously-wham-made-me-a-lot-more-comfor_134033.jpg)
