George probably wanted to be rich and famous - most of us do, I think - but I don't think he ever wanted to be a star. — 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
George had performed musical alchemy, distilling the essence of Christmas into music. Adding a lyric which told the tale of betrayed love was a… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
The success came very quickly and it was a different age so one's awareness, especially in a global sense wasn't quite the same as… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
