George Michael

“There are things about my mum that I only realised later, things that make me admire her.”

“No one wants to look wholesome at 21!”

“The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on.”

“I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with.”

“My ego is sated.”

“I know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest.”

“Not many people are really that meticulous with what they do, I suppose, but I'm just a control freak and terribly afraid of failure or regret. I work very hard on these things.”

“I try very hard to thank my lucky stars and keep it all in proportion and perspective, but it can be very tiring having a smiley face all day.”

“I left school at 17 and was a star by the time I was 18 - in certain parts of the world anyway.”

“Stupid cupid keeps on calling me, but I see nothing in his eyes. I miss my babe”

“I find it too terrifying to go out in L.A.”

“There are so many things and so many aspects to gay life that I've discovered and so many things to write about. I have a new life, and I have a new take on dance music because of that life.”

“There is no such thing as a reluctant star.”

“I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do.”

“I'd like to say things are bound to get better, but I don't really believe it.”

“I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me.”

“I've always been the porky boy in my head.”

“I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am.”

“אני לא באמת חושב שיש מישהו בעסקי הפופ המודרניים שאני מרגיש שאני רוצה להתעסק איתו.”

“קיבלתי שכר טוב מאוד עבור הכישרונות שלי לאורך השנים אז אני באמת לא צריך את הכסף של הציבור.”