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" 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. "
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" I used to believe that George Michael was a total actor. It was self-defeating, because it made me also feel fraudulent. "
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" I know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest. "
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" I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes. "
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" I had been obsessed with insects and creepy-crawlies: I used to get up at five o'clock in the morning and go out into this field behind our garden and collect insects before everyone else got up, and suddenly, all I wanted to know about was music. It just seemed a very, very strange thing. "
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" I mean, I've done different things at different times that I shouldn't have done, once or twice, you know. "
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" I'd been out to a lot of people since 19. I wish to God it had happened then. I don't think I would have the same career - my ego might not have been satisfied in some areas - but I think I would have been a happier man. "
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