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George Michael [1963-2016] British

Rank: 101
Musician, Singer-songwriter

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, known professionally as George Michael, is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham!.

Courage, Peace, Truth

Quote	Tags	Rank
You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.	Peace	101
There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find.	Truth	102
I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person.		103
I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.		104
I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.		105
I think the media is a real demon.		106
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.		107
I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.		108
My depression at the end of Wham! was because I was beginning to realise I was gay, not bi.		109
I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying.		110
I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.		111
Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart.		112
I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am.		113
There is no such thing as a reluctant star.		114
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.		115
The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.		116
Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.		117
It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere.		118
The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on.		119
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.		120
It's only when the kids are in their late twenties that families really face up to what they are.		121
If someone really wants to hurt you, they'll find a way whatever. I don't want to live my life worrying about it.		122
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.		123
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.	Courage	124
I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes.		125
Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done.		126
Of course, I want to sell this record - there's no point making it otherwise.		201
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.		202
It's important to me that I should be free to express myself.		203
I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon.		204
I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s.		205
I left school at 17 and was a star by the time I was 18 - in certain parts of the world anyway.		206
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.		207
I'm the luckiest writer on earth.		208
I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.		209
I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money.		210
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.		211
My ego is sated.		212
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.		213
I have got other interests than just making music. I would like to follow those interests through.		214
I'm not a novelty act from the '80s in most parts of the world.		215
I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music.		216
I can't bear Catholicism.		217
I went to prison, I paid my bill.		218
I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do.		219
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.		220
I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on?		221
I find it too terrifying to go out in L.A.		222
I know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest.		223
I write about my life.		224
I do want people to know that the songs that I wrote when I was with women were really about women. And the songs that I've written since have been fairly obvious about men.		225
The media has affected everybody's consciousness much more than most people will admit.		226
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.		301
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.		302
With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition.		303
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.		304
I'm not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years.		305
I think for most of us, our biggest frailties are sexual.		306
I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was.		307
If I can just live further from the spotlight I think that'll be better for all really.		308
I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of.		309
I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with.		310
I've written a whole body of work that I'm incredibly proud of.		311
I am a political person, though not with a big P.		312
I mean, I've done different things at different times that I shouldn't have done, once or twice, you know.		313
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.		314
I'm just not security-minded.		315
I'm lucky to be alive.		316
English people have seen me get through scandals.		317
I've always been the porky boy in my head.		318

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