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" I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love. "
George Michael
Sexuality
Define
I Love
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" Not many people are really that meticulous with what they do, I suppose, but I'm just a control freak and terribly afraid of failure or regret. I work very hard on these things. "
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" The first sign of real obsession with music was with an old wind-up gramophone that mum had thrown out into the garage. My parents gave me three old 45s - two Supremes records and one Tom Jones record - and I used to come home from school literally every day, go out to the garage, wind this thing up, and play them. "
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" I watch people who are not driven by creativity any more, and I think how dull it must be to produce the same kind of thing. If you don't feel you're reaching something new, then don't do it. "
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" There is no such thing as a reluctant star. "
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Thing
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" You can't have a child just to keep a relationship together, can you? "
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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 am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes. "
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" I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on? "
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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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" The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to the degree that I drove me to be one of the most successful musician in the world. "
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Him
Father
Powerful
" English people have seen me get through scandals. "
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Through
Me
" I'm lucky to be alive. "
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Alive
" Anybody who fights for human rights or to make this world a better place. Nurses, doctors, teachers: these are the people who deserve the credit these days. "
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Place
World
" I have got other interests than just making music. I would like to follow those interests through. "
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Like
Just
Follow
" I find it too terrifying to go out in L.A. "
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Too
Go
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" 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.' "
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Think
Trying
Audience
" I went to prison, I paid my bill. "
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Prison
Paid
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" I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like. "
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Like
Kind
Audience
" I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of. "
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Love
Success
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" I left school at 17 and was a star by the time I was 18 - in certain parts of the world anyway. "
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Star
Anyway
Left
" I really have no plans for any kind of career in TV or anything, but if I wanted to become good at it, I could. But I don't really think it's in the cards. "
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Think
Kind
Career
" 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. "
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You
Camera
Relationship
" I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am. "
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How
Me
I Am
" I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person. "
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Finding
Thought
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" I'm just not security-minded. "
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" Apart from some of the videos and haircuts, I don't think I've made any wrong moves, ha ha! "
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" I'm 10-12 years into life as an out gay man, and I'm a different person. I think there are things about my journey that might be useful to other people, and coming up with a hit record on its own doesn't seem to be enough anymore. "
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Man
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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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" Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart. "
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" I owe my mother who I am, and my father my drive. "
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