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 MICHAELI’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.
More George Michael Quotes
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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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My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashion – 24 hours a day for years.
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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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I’m surprised that I’ve survived my own dysfunction, really.
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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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Only time will set you free, just like me
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There are very few things in my life that I can’t have if I want them. So when I see something that I can’t have, immediately I’m obsessed by it.
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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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This is a very fickle business. It’s really about how much you value the other things in your life. I still value too many other things more than I do fame.
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Change is a stranger you have yet to know.
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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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50 percent of the people I perform for have come to scream at me and the other 50 percent have come to listen to the music.
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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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When you shake you ass, they notice fast. And some mistakes were built to last.
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Playing with Queen was the biggest moment of my career. It was like living a childhood fantasy.
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