George Michael quotes

George Michael was a British singer-songwriter and pop icon, best known as a member of Wham! and for his successful solo career. His hits, such as "Faith" and "Careless Whisper," made a lasting impact on popular music around the world. He is remembered for his powerful voice, musical innovation, and contributions to charity. Here are 57 of his quotes:

I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.

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I think the media is a real demon.

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You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

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I have to be honest here, I'm not really interested in selling records to people who are homophobic. I don't need the approval of people who don't approve of me.

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

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I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.

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Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups.

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

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

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Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.

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My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't. I am grateful to them for that.

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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.

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

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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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I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s.

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I think for most of us, our biggest frailties are sexual.

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I spent the first half of my career being accused of being gay when I hadn't had anything like a gay relationship. So I spent my years growing up being told what my sexuality was really- which was kind of confusing.

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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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It's absolutely essential that we have the same safeguards that straight couples do. But I want more than a 50 percent chance of success. I don't want to emulate that.

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The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.

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Me, I don't want any children, I don't want responsibility. I am gay, I smoke weed and I do exactly what I want in my life because of my talent. I represent an ideal which others have had to let go and they blame me for that. Especially men.

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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.

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