George Michael

Singer

1963-06-25 – 2016-12-25

English singer, songwriter, and producer who rose to fame with Wham! before a successful solo career. He became one of the most prominent pop artists of the 1980s and 1990s.

Quotes by George Michael

Only time will set you free, just like me
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Stupid cupid keeps on calling me, but I see nothing in his eyes. I miss my babe
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Only time will set you free, just like me
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Stupid cupid keeps on calling me, but I see nothing in his eyes. I miss my babe
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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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If you don't feel you're reaching something new, then don't do it.
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If I can just live further from the spotlight I think that'll be better for all really.
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When you are trying to express things with metaphors and much more subtlety, that's when you are doing yourself a disservice by making a video.
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I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.
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I try very hard to thank my lucky stars and keep it all in proportion and perspective, but it can be very tiring having a smiley face all day.
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The first sign of real obsession with music was with an old wind-up gramophone that mum had thrown out into the garage. My parents gave me three old 45s - two Supremes records and one Tom Jones record - and I used to come home from school literally every day, go out to the garage, wind this thing up, and play them.
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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.
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The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on.
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I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s.
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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.
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