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.
GEORGE MICHAELYour 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.
More George Michael Quotes
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I don’t want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on?
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Freedom. I will not give you up.
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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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Playing with Queen was the biggest moment of my career. It was like living a childhood fantasy.
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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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When someone is always going to be there for you. I meet people like that all the time, but I have this unfortunate attraction to people I think I have to fight to become friends with.
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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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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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You’ll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.
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This stuff [marijuana] keeps me sane and happy. I’d say it’s a great drug – but obviously it’s not very healthy.
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Change is a stranger you have yet to know.
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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.
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I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I’ve still got some work to do.
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There is no such thing as a reluctant star.
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