I suppose romantically there are fantasies that can still be realized. But not professionally. George Michael More Quotes by George Michael More Quotes From George Michael You can have my credit card, baby, but keep your red hot fingers off of my heart, lady. George Michael hotheartbaby 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 aquariumsessentialscouple I find it difficult enough as it is to keep some kind of normality in my life. I enjoy this experience, but I don't know where I'm going to take my career. George Michael careerskindenough I always knew I was attractive to girls just from the point of view that they liked me. George Michael attractivegirlviews When Andrew [Ridgeley] first met my family, he heard my mom calling me "Yorgos." He just abbreviated it to Yog, and unfortunately it stuck. I hated it is a teenager. It was not the most glamorous-sounding name in the world. George Michael teenagermomnames Both of us knew the band had run its course. We were both unhappy doing it, but I think the way Andrew [Ridgeley] was being treated as the less important half of the duo had finally taken its toll on him. George Michael takenrunningthinking Freedom. I won't let you down. George Michael I had surprisingly little money when Wham! ended. You'd be very surprised how little, really, because you don't realize how much money it takes to maintain a band. George Michael realizingbandlittles I think I'm getting there, but it's very hard to perform at my absolute peak when an awful lot of people come just to make their presence known, when the lights go down and all you can hear is people screaming. George Michael lightpeoplethinking The only difficulty is that I'm playing to two audiences, and it's too bad the noise detracts from the show, because it's a great show. I've seen my own self out there, and it's a very good musical show. Sometimes the show gets lost in the hysteria and sometimes it doesn't. George Michael hysteriaselftwo We [with Andrew Ridgeley] didn't expect people to take it seriously. But naturally they did, and they thought we were a couple of wankers. George Michael andrewcouplepeople I suppose maybe if I had been an attractive child, I would have had less inclination to push my physical presence. George Michael inclinationattractivechildren I think part of it has got to be compensation, yes, for the fact that when I was a kid, I wasn't particularly attractive. But at the same time I don't remember ever thinking, Oh, my God, I'm such a mess; I'm the ugliest sod in the class. George Michael classkidsthinking It was a very lucky set of incidents that led to Wham! getting a record contract - although we weren't Wham! when we got the record contract. We were nothing; we were just two friends who had written a few songs. George Michael two-friendsluckysong By the time I was in my early teens, we were able to move into a much more middle-class area. I had a comfortable adolescence. George Michael teensclassmoving I have been taken for a ride a couple of times. I've been hurt by people who I've had a 90 percent possibility of being hurt by. George Michael coupletakenhurt The years between leaving school and actually becoming an adult are very important years. You make a lot of choices as to the type of life you want to lead and what type of person you want to be. There were so many people who had opinions of me, a lot of them very unflattering, that it was hard to make up my mind about who I was supposed to be. George Michael peopleyearsschool My parents both came from very poor working-class families. George Michael poorparentclass We [with Andrew Ridgeley] were getting so much attention and achieving such success. It never really bothered me. George Michael andrewachieveattention The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on. George Michael love-lifetruth-ishas-beens
