I had posted a note on my bedroom door for my mum to 'wake me up-up before you go-go' - and that gave George the idea for the song. — 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 very best of himself. — 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
