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 MICHAEL[My family] is one of the strongest families you’re ever likely to see.
More George Michael Quotes
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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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The most common misconception people have had in the past is about my own control and calculation of my career.
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As I became George professionally and everyone called me George, Yog became the name that people who knew me from before started to use. It became more valuable to me.
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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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[My family] is one of the strongest families you’re ever likely to see.
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By the time I was in my early teens, we were able to move into a much more middle-class area. I had a comfortable adolescence.
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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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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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It’s important to me that I should be free to express myself.
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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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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.
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I’m surprised that I’ve survived my own dysfunction, really.
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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 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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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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