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" I realised those things my ego needed - fame and success - were going to make me terribly unhappy. So I wrenched myself away from that. I had to. I had to walk away from America and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career because I knew, otherwise, my demons would get the better of me. "

George Michael

Walk

Goodbye

Myself

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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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" I do want people to know that the songs that I wrote when I was with women were really about women. And the songs that I've written since have been fairly obvious about men. "

" 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.' "

" It's only when the kids are in their late twenties that families really face up to what they are. "

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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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George Michael

Get

Through

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

" 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. "

" I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money. "

" I used to believe that George Michael was a total actor. It was self-defeating, because it made me also feel fraudulent. "

" I know that I sound self-satisfied, and I know that I've got an ego, but I don't have an ego problem. "

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