I have two sisters. My father is Greek and comes from a family of seven. My mother is English and comes from a family of five.
GEORGE MICHAELBecause 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.
More George Michael Quotes
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Freedom. I will not give you up.
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I just hope that I’ll stay around musically for as long as I can. I love to think that I will still be satisfying myself and other people as a musician until the day I die.
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I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what’s important.
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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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When you shake you ass, they notice fast. And some mistakes were built to last.
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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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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.
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I had my very first relationship at 27 because I really had not actually come to terms with my sexuality until I was 24.
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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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The most common misconception people have had in the past is about my own control and calculation of my career.
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Sex is natural, sex is good/Not everybody does it, but everybody should.
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My mother pretty much used to go along with my dad in that she wanted me to get an education so that if this incredible dream I had didn’t work out, I would have something to fall back on.
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I’m a perfectionist. It’s a big pain in the ass and it takes a lot of my time, but it really is going well and I have to do my own things.
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My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashion – 24 hours a day for years.
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We [with Andrew Ridgeley] didn’t expect people to take it seriously. But naturally they did, and they thought we were a couple of wankers.
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