George Michael Quotes

Be good to yourself 'cause nobody else has the power to make you happy.

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

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

I've done too many stupid things for there not to be movies made about me when I'm dead, so I might as well write the script.

Me, I don’t want any children, I don’t want responsibility. I am gay, I smoke weed and I do exactly what I want in my life because of my talent. I represent an ideal which others have had to let go and they blame me for that. Especially men.

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.

When I open my mouth and sing, the truth comes out. When I write, the truth comes out. I can't lie. That, I think, is one of the strongest elements of my music. When people talk about my writing as though I'm doing it from an accountant's perspective, it really pisses me off.

Change is a stranger you have yet to know.

Without despair, we will share, and the joys of caring will not be erased. What has been, must never end, the joys of caring will not be replace.

People, you can never change the way they feel. Better let them do what they will. For they will, if you let them, steal your heart.

It's important to me that I should be free to express myself.

So you scream from behind your door, say what's mine is mine, and not yours I may have too much, but I'll take my chances Cause God's stopped keeping score And you cling to the things they sold you Didn't you cover your eyes when they told you that he can't come back Cause he has no children to come back for It so hard to learn, there's so much to hate Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of And the wounded skies above say it's much too late So maybe we should all be praying for time

The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.

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

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

I just hope that I'll stay around musically for as long as I can. I love to think that I will still be satisfying myself and other people as a musician until the day I die.

Only time will set you free, just like 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.

Sex is natural, sex is good/Not everybody does it, but everybody should

I think my idea of a perfect romance is when two people really belong to each other.

If someone really wants to hurt you, they'll find a way whatever. I don't want to live my life worrying about it.

I can't believe that I've written my best work yet. If I believed that, then I wouldn't bother releasing music anymore.

Teacher, there are things that I don't want to learn.

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.

When you shake you ass, they notice fast. And some mistakes were built to last.

George was the easy part. As for Michael, I had always liked the name, and my father's brother is named Michael. I thought it was a good idea because there are a lot of Greeks in England with the second name of Michael; as a child I had a Greek friend whose second name was Michael. It was like getting the name that I wanted without having to get rid of the Greek element.

I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.

I think the media is a real demon.

Satire is used for political purposes all the time, but obviously there's a time and a place. I think in the current climate, it can be very difficult to speak your mind, but sometimes, I believe, we're all in danger and I think this discussion needs to be widened.

Freedom. I will not give you up.

I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on?

I guess I was about 15. I wore glasses at the time, and I remember [first girlfriend] sitting on the floor at a party, one of those school parties where everyone is getting off with each other. I remember her taking my glasses off and saying something very complimentary about my eyes or whatever, and I was just so pissed off because I was convinced she was taking the piss out of me.

Playing with Queen was the biggest moment of my career. It was like living a childhood fantasy.

This is a very fickle business. It's really about how much you value the other things in your life. I still value too many other things more than I do fame.

I don't go for safe options. Romantically, I go for people who are a pain in the ass.

50 percent of the people I perform for have come to scream at me and the other 50 percent have come to listen to the music.

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

I mean, it is the perfect situation to really love someone to death and to want to rip their clothes off at the same time, isn't it?

My music is some of the most honest music that's been released and I think that's why people buy it.

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

I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes.

Stupid cupid keeps on calling me, but I see nothing in his eyes. I miss my babe

[My family] is one of the strongest families you're ever likely to see.

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

[Music From the Edge of Heaven] wasn't really an album at all. The band had made the decision to release an LP and then split up. We wanted to go out with a bang in Britain and the rest of the world by having a single that was four songs, not just one song. But we couldn't do that over here because we couldn't release a single without an album.

"Yog" is an abbreviation - my real name is Yorgos, which is Greek for George.

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 very few things in my life that I can't have if I want them. So when I see something that I can't have, immediately I'm obsessed by it.

I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon.

This stuff [marijuana] keeps me sane and happy. I'd say it's a great drug - but obviously it's not very healthy.