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" I've always been the porky boy in my head. "
George Michael
Always
Head
Boy
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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. "
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" There is no such thing as a reluctant star. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm not a novelty act from the '80s in most parts of the world. "
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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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" I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money. "
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" If I can just live further from the spotlight I think that'll be better for all really. "
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" I had very little fear about it, but basically, my straight friends talked me out of it. I think they thought as I was bisexual, there was no need to. But it's amazing how much more complicated it became because I didn't come out in the early days. I often wonder if my career would have taken a different path if I had. "
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" 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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" I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on? "
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Look
Leather
Age
" 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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" There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find. "
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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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Wish
God
" I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with. "
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Who
Feel
" 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
Right Person
" I have no belief in The Bible or religion, but I think Armageddon was a lucky guess. I honestly think it's going to happen. "
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Lucky
Belief
" I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying. "
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American
Government
Bullying
" My ego is sated. "
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Ego
" 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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Career
" Apart from some of the videos and haircuts, I don't think I've made any wrong moves, ha ha! "
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Moves
Videos
Think
" Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups. "
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System
Vote
Fact
" 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. "
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Same
Chance
More
" 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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Like
Years
" 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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Day
Home
" If you don't feel you're reaching something new, then don't do it. "
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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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" It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere. "
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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 went to prison, I paid my bill. "
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" I'd like to say things are bound to get better, but I don't really believe it. "
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