Quotes from George Michael

I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.

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

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

I was brought up when media still kept totally away from violence when it came to children. I don't think it would have made me scared of violence, but I find it repulsive.

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

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

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

I don't really have any traits that I deplore. I get annoyed with myself sometimes, but that's about it.

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

I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me.

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

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.

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

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

There are very few things in my life that I can't have if I want them. So when I see something that I can't have, immediately I'm obsessed by it.

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.

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

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

I've been approached many times by many different people, and most people want to do something that I write and produce, and I'm just not into that.

I'm basically a control freak. It's not because I want to be. I'm not at all into the power play that's involved in it.

The press seemed to take some delight that I previously had a 'straight audience,' and set about trying to destroy that. And I think some men were frustrated that their girlfriends wouldn't let go of the idea that George Michael just hadn't found the 'right girl.'

I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of.

It's strange. At some point in your career, the situation between yourself and the camera reverses. For a certain number of years, you court it and you need it, but ultimately, it needs you more, and it's a bit like a relationship. The minute that happens, it turns you off... and it does feel like it is taking something from you.

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