George Michael Quotes

My mother is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17 - she started to believe in me, musically.

George Michael

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• If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.

  

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• That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way.

  

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• The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

  

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• I do realize that God has given me so many blessings in my life. I mean, not only with football, but with the family that He's blessed me with and the opportunity He's given me to grow up in a home that embraces God.

  

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• 'I Get Around' came on one day. I'd never heard the Beach Boys before. The sound was so fresh to me. That was the first time when I truly was gripped by the power of music. It opened my eyes to the heights that music can achieve.

  

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• My mother is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17 - she started to believe in me, musically.

  

  George Michael
  • Believe
  • My Mother
  • Writing Songs