George Michael Quotes & Sayings

Without despair, we will share, and the joys of caring will not be erased. What has been, must never end, the joys of caring will not be replace. — George Michael

I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never really had the confidence to express my views in a song. — George Michael

I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud. (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece) — George Michael

Be good to yourself 'cause nobody else has the power to make you happy. — George Michael

Teacher, there are things that I don't want to learn. — George Michael

I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do. — George Michael

I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man. — George Michael

I really have no plans for any kind of career in TV or anything, but if I wanted to become good at it, I could. But I don't really think it's in the cards. — George Michael

I'm lucky to be alive. — George Michael

I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am. — George Michael

This was absolutely an attack on [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, principally, and the perspective which is really predominant in Europe right now that he's not questioning enough of Mr. Bush's policies. (about his latest song Shoot the Dog) — George Michael

I've done too many stupid things for there not to be movies made about me when I'm dead, so I might as well write the script. — George Michael

I'm not a novelty act from the '80s in most parts of the world. — George Michael

Me, I don't want any children, I don't want responsibility. I am gay, I smoke weed and I do exactly what I want in my life because of my talent. I represent an ideal which others have had to let go and they blame me for that. Especially men. — George Michael

I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me. — George Michael

I do think that Live Aid (1985) (TV) was a great thing, it focused people, I think it showed young kids the way in many respects and I think a lot of people are still inspired by what happened in the mid-Eighties. — George Michael

I've wondered what my sexuality might be, but I've never wondered whether it was acceptable or not. Anyway, who really cares whether I'm gay or straight? — George Michael

Change is a stranger you have yet to know. — George Michael

I find it too terrifying to go out in L.A. — George Michael

I can't bear Catholicism. — George Michael

Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end. — George Michael

I have got other interests than just making music. I would like to follow those interests through. — George Michael

I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on? — George Michael

There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find. — George Michael

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. — George Michael

With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition. — George Michael

It's the ones who resist that we most want to kiss, wouldn't you say? — George Michael

Only time will set you free, just like me — George Michael

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. — George Michael

I mean, I've done different things at different times that I shouldn't have done, once or twice, you know. — George Michael

Say what you want about America - thirteen bucks can still get you a hell of a lot of mice! — George Michael

The media has affected everybody's consciousness much more than most people will admit. — George Michael

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart. — 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

There's not another drug in life that I'm glad I took but grass. — George Michael

I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with. — George Michael

I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was. — George Michael

Stupid cupid keeps on calling me, but I see nothing in his eyes. I miss my babe — George Michael

It was like I had a curse on me. I couldn't believe how much God was piling on. There was so much death around me. — George Michael

I think the media is a real demon. — George Michael

It's important to me that I should be free to express myself. — George Michael

Playing with Queen was the biggest moment of my career. It was like living a childhood fantasy. — George Michael

I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon. — George Michael

If someone really wants to hurt you, they'll find a way whatever. I don't want to live my life worrying about it. — George Michael

It's only when the kids are in their late twenties that families really face up to what they are. — George Michael

I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really. — George Michael

I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music. — George Michael

There is no comfort in the truth , pain is all you find. — George Michael

Of course, I want to sell this record - there's no point making it otherwise. — George Michael

It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere. — George Michael

I'm the luckiest writer on earth. — George Michael

I think for most of us, our biggest frailties are sexual. — George Michael

I'm just not security-minded. — George Michael

I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them. — George Michael

I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love. — George Michael

If I can just live further from the spotlight I think that'll be better for all really. — George Michael

I know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest. — 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

I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying. — George Michael

I've written a whole body of work that I'm incredibly proud of. — George Michael

I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes. — 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 write about my life. — George Michael

I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money. — George Michael

English people have seen me get through scandals. — George Michael

You can't imagine what it's like playing to people who have been loyal to you for 25 years and haven't seen you for 15. — George Michael

Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that. — George Michael

There is no such thing as a reluctant star. — George Michael

I went to prison, I paid my bill. — George Michael

The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to the degree that I drove me to be one of the most successful musician in the world. — George Michael

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. — George Michael

People, you can never change the way they feel. Better let them do what they will. For they will, if you let them, steal your heart. — George Michael

I'm not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years. — George Michael

My ego is sated. — George Michael

I watch people who are not driven by creativity any more, and I think how dull it must be to produce the same kind of thing. If you don't feel you're reaching something new, then don't do it. — George Michael

Cover me with kisses and lies — George Michael

The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on. — George Michael

I left school at 17 and was a star by the time I was 18 - in certain parts of the world anyway. — 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

For a while I took Ecstacy when it was not very available over here. I took it simply because it made me feel that everything was wonderful. — George Michael

Yeah, I'm going to need a leather jacket for when I'm on my hog and need to go into a controlled slide. — George Michael

I probably owe an apology to fans that have been supportive and have not wanted to believe any of this was true. It takes a little bit of the sheen off of the mystique. — George Michael

Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart. — George Michael

Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me — George Michael

I've always been the porky boy in my head. — George Michael

My depression at the end of Wham! was because I was beginning to realise I was gay, not bi. — George Michael

My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't. I am grateful to them for that. — George Michael

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

Well it looks like the road to heaven
But it feels like the road to hell
When I knew which side my bread was buttered
I took the knife as well
Posing for another picture
Everybody's got to sell
But when you shake your ass
They notice fast
And some mistakes were built to last. — George Michael

I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person. — George Michael

You can have my credit card, baby, but keep your red hot fingers off of my heart, lady. — George Michael

I am a political person, though not with a big P. — George Michael

All we have to see is that I don't belong to you, and you don't belong to me. — 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 have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of. — George Michael

I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s. — George Michael

Satire is used for political purposes all the time, but obviously there's a time and a place. I think in the current climate, it can be very difficult to speak your mind, but sometimes, I believe, we're all in danger and I think this discussion needs to be widened. — George Michael

So you scream from behind your door, say what's mine is mine, and not yours
I may have too much, but I'll take my chances
Cause God's stopped keeping score
And you cling to the things they sold you
Didn't you cover your eyes when they told you that he can't come back
Cause he has no children to come back for
It so hard to learn, there's so much to hate
Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say it's much too late
So maybe we should all be praying for time — George Michael

The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not. — George Michael