I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music. George Michael More Quotes by George Michael More Quotes From George Michael I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do. George Michael stills believe thinking This is a very fickle business. It's really about how much you value the other things in your life. I still value too many other things more than I do fame. George Michael fickle stills fame That feels natural to me, singing in a small group of people I just can't do. You'll never hear me sing at a dinner table or anything, but this feels kinda natural. I've done it many, many times. So, and also, the pressure's off me cos I'm not singing on my own. I'm just doing a few harmonies with my stuffed nose. George Michael singing tables people Sex is natural, sex is good/Not everybody does it, but everybody should George Michael natural doe sex I couldn't change anything without changing the end position, and I'm perfectly happy now. So whatever I feel in some sense may have been a mistake in the past is, in another sense, not a mistake, because it's left me here. George Michael mistake may past I mean, it is the perfect situation to really love someone to death and to want to rip their clothes off at the same time, isn't it? George Michael clothes rip mean The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not. George Michael vanity business self 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 sexuality cases persons [Music From the Edge of Heaven] wasn't really an album at all. The band had made the decision to release an LP and then split up. We wanted to go out with a bang in Britain and the rest of the world by having a single that was four songs, not just one song. But we couldn't do that over here because we couldn't release a single without an album. George Michael decision song heaven George was the easy part. As for Michael, I had always liked the name, and my father's brother is named Michael. I thought it was a good idea because there are a lot of Greeks in England with the second name of Michael; as a child I had a Greek friend whose second name was Michael. It was like getting the name that I wanted without having to get rid of the Greek element. George Michael brother father children I don't go for safe options. Romantically, I go for people who are a pain in the ass. George Michael pain safe people I'm perfectly happy to admit that insecurity. It doesn't bother me. It's there, just the same as the color of my eyes is there. I'm never going to get rid of it. I'm not going to wake up one morning and really like the way I look, but as long as other people like the way I look, that's fine. George Michael color eye morning 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 important periods long My music is some of the most honest music that's been released and I think that's why people buy it. George Michael honest people thinking Basically I see that song as a bunch of images which I threw together to represent the fact that I was seeing one girl and then I started seeing another, and it was just the guilt in between those two periods. The ballads I've written since have been about things that really hurt me. George Michael girl hurt song 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 minorities groups political 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 hurt want worry Teacher, there are things that I don't want to learn. George Michael want teacher 50 percent of the people I perform for have come to scream at me and the other 50 percent have come to listen to the music. George Michael percent scream people I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am. George Michael connections felt greek