Quotes By George Michael

I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.

Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart.

I'm the luckiest writer on earth.

It's important to me that I should be free to express myself.

I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was.

My depression at the end of Wham! was because I was beginning to realise I was gay, not bi.

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 can't bear Catholicism.

I am a political person, though not with a big P.

I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music.

With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition.

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

Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done.

My ego is sated.

I've written a whole body of work that I'm incredibly proud of.

Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that.

The media has affected everybody's consciousness much more than most people will admit.

It's only when the kids are in their late twenties that families really face up to what they are.

I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon.

I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of.

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

I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money.

It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere.

I'm not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years.

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 you have to grab what you can before it's gone. It's almost as if there isn't time for compassion.

I really have no plans for any kind of career in TV or anything, but if I wanted to become good at it, I could. But I don't really think it's in the cards.

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

The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to the degree that I drove me to be one of the most successful musician in the world.

English people have seen me get through scandals.

I have got other interests than just making music. I would like to follow those interests through.