[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
It was a very lucky set of incidents that led to Wham! getting a record contract - although we weren't Wham! when… — George Michael Copy Share Image
This was absolutely an attack on [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, principally, and the perspective which is really predominant in Europe right… — 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
I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never… — 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
Basically I see that song as a bunch of images which I threw together to represent the fact that I was seeing… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic… — George Michael Copy Share Image
Andrew [Ridgeley] and I had demoed a couple of our songs very cheaply, and we weren't expecting any kind of record deal.… — George Michael Copy Share Image
So you scream from behind your door, say what's mine is mine, and not yours I may have too much, but I'll… — 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
I had a very important personal point to make with this song [I Want Your Sex]. I just hated the idea that… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I truly believed that tonight would never happen, that I would never sing these songs to you again. But then I'm a… — 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