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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. "

George Michael

Him

Father

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Admire

Things

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Get

Through

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

" 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. "

" Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that. "

" I know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest. "

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" 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 never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious musician, but I didn't, I just wanted people to know that I was absolutely serious about pop music. "

" I find it too terrifying to go out in L.A. "

George Michael

Too

Terrifying

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Same

Chance

" 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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Years

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