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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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" My depression at the end of Wham! was because I was beginning to realise I was gay, not bi. "

" 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'm lucky to be alive. "

" I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you are trying to express things with metaphors and much more subtlety, that's when you are doing yourself a disservice by making a video. "

" 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. "

" Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We're taught that you have to grab what you can before it's gone. It's almost as if there isn't time for compassion. "

" 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. "

" You can't imagine what it's like playing to people who have been loyal to you for 25 years and haven't seen you for 15. "

" I'm not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years. "

" The '90s were a bit of a disaster for me in so many ways. On a personal level, I don't think I could have toured. Also, I had some physical problems with my back that are now sorted and I just wasn't in the right state of mind. "

" I'm the luckiest writer on earth. "

" There are so many things and so many aspects to gay life that I've discovered and so many things to write about. I have a new life, and I have a new take on dance music because of that life. "

" I've always been the porky boy in my head. "

" I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person. "

" You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart. "

" I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music. "

" I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love. "

" I'm not stupid enough to think that I can deal with another 10 or 15 years of major exposure. I think that is the ultimate tragedy of fame... People who are simply out of control, who are lost. I've seen so many of them, and I don't want to be another cliche. "

" 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 through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important. "