George Michael Quotes
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George was the easy part. As for Michael, I had always liked the name, and my father's brother is named Michael. I thought it was a good idea because there are a lot of Greeks in England with the second name of Michael; as a child I had a Greek friend whose second name was Michael. It was like getting the name that I wanted without having to get rid of the Greek element.
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With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition.
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I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never really had the confidence to express my views in a song.
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It's quite simple: I managed it by doing away with Wham!'s duo image. Obviously, the way I looked changed and that helped a little, but I still have a very pop image. It's a very video-friendly image. I find it a lot more real. It's a lot closer to who I am than the whole Wham! thing.
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I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes.
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I have definitely reached the same level as Madonna in terms of sales. I'm really pleased about that.
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The only difficulty is that I'm playing to two audiences, and it's too bad the noise detracts from the show, because it's a great show. I've seen my own self out there, and it's a very good musical show. Sometimes the show gets lost in the hysteria and sometimes it doesn't.
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I guess I was about 15. I wore glasses at the time, and I remember first girlfriend sitting on the floor at a party, one of those school parties where everyone is getting off with each other. I remember her taking my glasses off and saying something very complimentary about my eyes or whatever, and I was just so pissed off because I was convinced she was taking the piss out of me.
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Yeah, I'm going to need a leather jacket for when I'm on my hog and need to go into a controlled slide.
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I never had a moral problem with being gay.
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I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece)
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I'm the luckiest writer on earth.
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I think my idea of a perfect romance is when two people really belong to each other.
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I'm not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years.
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I'd never touch anything. I think it's foolhardy to play around with the face that you've been given. To have a little snip or a tuck, I think, is really quite obscene.
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It's really difficult trying to find the line where you don't piss anybody off.
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The most common misconception people have had in the past is about my own control and calculation of my career.
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It's an incredibly limited sphere those tabloids have, isn't it? Basically, they can accuse people of being gay and they can accuse people of taking drugs, but they can't get any more sensational without entering into the realm of incredibly bad taste.
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Teacher, there are things that I don't want to learn.
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You can have my credit card, baby, but keep your red hot fingers off of my heart, lady.
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I am a political person, though not with a big P.
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I also think I could probably repeat the commercial success; whether I want to or not is a different matter. I think there is still better work inside me.
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There is no such thing as a reluctant star.
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I suppose romantically there are fantasies that can still be realized. But not professionally.