George Michael
George Michael
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, known professionally as George Michael, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He rose to fame during the 1980s and 1990s with his style of post-disco dance-pop. He has also been characterised as a blue-eyed soul singer, although his material draws more from middle of the road pop than soul music...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth25 June 1963
CityLondon, England
artist duality majors
It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere.
drug wonderful made
For a while I took Ecstacy when it was not very available over here. I took it simply because it made me feel that everything was wonderful.
couple aquariums want
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.
confidence song years
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.
growing-up years growing
I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was.
earth
I'm the luckiest writer on earth.
stars people want
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.
broken-heart kissing want
It's the ones who resist that we most want to kiss, wouldn't you say?
kids thinking people
I do think that Live Aid (1985) (TV) was a great thing, it focused people, I think it showed young kids the way in many respects and I think a lot of people are still inspired by what happened in the mid-Eighties.
long important periods
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.
beginning depression realise
My depression at the end of Wham! was because I was beginning to realise I was gay, not bi.
british-musician comfort
There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find.
adversary degree drove fact father fought musician powerful successful tool work
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.
kids twenties
It's only when the kids are in their late twenties that families really face up to what they are.