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" I've never done anything so political before. I've spent years shouting my mouth off about serious issues over dinner tables but never really had the confidence to express my views in a song. "

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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. "

George Michael

Know

Garden

Music

" 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 just not security-minded. "

George Michael

Just

" In terms of my work, I've never been reticent in terms of defining my sexuality. I write about my life. "

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

" I've written a whole body of work that I'm incredibly proud of. "

" Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart. "

" My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't. I am grateful to them for that. "

" I spent the first half of my career being accused of being gay when I hadn't had anything like a gay relationship. "

" If I can just live further from the spotlight I think that'll be better for all really. "

" Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end. "

" I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really. "

" I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with. "

" 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. "

" I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do. "

George Michael

Somebody

Got

" I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was. "

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

" Is my body a temple, or is my life a temple? I'm definitely in the latter category, and I think my life has been better since thinking that way. "

" 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. "

" There are things about my mum that I only realised later, things that make me admire her. "

George Michael

Admire

Things

" 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. "

" There is no such thing as a reluctant star. "

" I never really told my parents that I wanted to be a pop star or anything. They just knew that I was totally obsessed with music. Funnily enough, my father always used to say that he didn't think I could sing. "

" I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me. "

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

" I try very hard to thank my lucky stars and keep it all in proportion and perspective, but it can be very tiring having a smiley face all day. "

" I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them. "

" There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find. "

" I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am. "

George Michael

How

I Am