I lost my partner [Anselmo Feleppa] to HIV then it took about three years to grieve; then after that I lost my… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I just feel "One More Try" is better lyrically. "Careless Whisper" was written when I was 17 years old, and I had… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money. — 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'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 get along really well with [my father] now, but I had a terrible time with him in my teenage years. All… — 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
[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
I think I've gotten everything I want out of the last years, and I still feel like I have a lot of… — 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 not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years. — George Michael Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how young 25-year-old girls can sound when they want to scream. It isn't that young an audience, and it… — George Michael Copy Share Image
My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashion - 24 hours a day for years. — 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