My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashio... by George Michael

My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashion - 24 hours a day for years.

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As I became George professionally and everyone called me George, Yog became the name that people who knew me from before started to use. It became more valuable to me.

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[My father] was more than apprehensive. He didn't think I stood a chance in hell. He had no confidence in me whatsoever and was convinced that I was going to be coming to him for money when I was 40. We argued about it constantly.

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When someone is always going to be there for you. I meet people like that all the time, but I have this unfortunate attraction to people I think I have to fight to become friends with.

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Playing with Queen was the biggest moment of my career. It was li... by George Michael

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

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[My family] is one of the strongest families you're ever likely t... by George Michael

[My family] is one of the strongest families you're ever likely to see.

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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.

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

I think the media is a real demon.

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When you shake you ass, they notice fast. And some mistakes were... by George Michael

When you shake you ass, they notice fast. And some mistakes were built to last.

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"Yog" is an abbreviation - my real name is Yorgos, which is Greek... by George Michael

"Yog" is an abbreviation - my real name is Yorgos, which is Greek for George.

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I truly believed that tonight would never happen, that I would never sing these songs to you again. But then I'm a fool, which you've probably worked out by now.

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

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[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17 - she started to believe in me, musically.

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Take back your picture in a frame. Take back your singing in the rain. I just hope you understand sometimes the clothes do not make the man.

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People run on and off the stage, but usually they're removed before they get to me. It's not really frightening. There's always the possibility that someone's going to take a potshot at you; you take that risk when you perform in front of thousands of people.

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When I write and produce something, I know exactly how I want it to sound, and I have a very strong interpretation of it. I can't really think of anyone at the moment I'd particularly like to play a duet with. You never know, though, I might receive an offer tomorrow and say, "Yeah, that'd be great." But it's not something that's on my mind.

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I was supposed to be a real Thatcherite. Just by dint of being a first-generation immigrant and having not had money, and then suddenly having it - and getting on planes and going to Ibiza and sitting around in thongs. But actually nothing I was writing or doing was even vaguely Thatcherite.

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I'd never touch anything. I think it's foolhardy to play around with the face that you've been given. To have a little snip or a tuck, I think, is really quite obscene.

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I have definitely reached the same level as Madonna in terms of sales. I'm really pleased about that.

Yet ["One More Try" ] really seemed to connect with people, which is a wonderful thing and a marvelous coincidence.

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I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would... by George Michael

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

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