I do want people to know that the songs that I wrote when I was with women were really about women. And the songs that I’ve written since have been fairly obvious about men. – George Michael
There are so many things and so many aspects to gay life that I’ve discovered and so many things to write about. I have a new life, and I have a new take on dance music because of that life. – George Michael
I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like. – George Michael
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. – George Michael
I had very little fear about it, but basically, my straight friends talked me out of it. I think they thought as I was bisexual, there was no need to. But it’s amazing how much more complicated it became because I didn’t come out in the early days. I often wonder if my career would have taken a different path if I had. – George Michael
I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious musician, but I didn’t, I just wanted people to know that I was absolutely serious about pop music. – George Michael
I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me. – George Michael
I don’t really have any traits that I deplore. I get annoyed with myself sometimes, but that’s about it. – George Michael
A lot of people like me, who’ve been around for years and years and years, only really lose it in their forties and fifties. – George Michael
The ’90s were a bit of a disaster for me in so many ways. On a personal level, I don’t think I could have toured. Also, I had some physical problems with my back that are now sorted and I just wasn’t in the right state of mind. – George Michael
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. – George Michael
I never really told my parents that I wanted to be a pop star or anything. They just knew that I was totally obsessed with music. Funnily enough, my father always used to say that he didn’t think I could sing. – George Michael
I don’t have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music. – George Michael
I know that I sound self-satisfied, and I know that I’ve got an ego, but I don’t have an ego problem. – George Michael