A young George Michael interviewed David Cassidy about stardom, struggling with fame, and doing a comeback that was published in the June 1985 issue of the Ritz fashion magazine. Read the full transcript of the interview:
- When George Michael Interviewed David Cassidy (Ritz Magazine, 1985)
- George Michael Interview of David Cassidy (Part 2)
- George Michael Interview of David Cassidy (Part 3)
- George Michael Interview of David Cassidy (Part 4)
- George Michael Interview of David Cassidy (Part 5)
GM: I do have a strong sense of the fact that there shouldn’t be ghettos. There’s no need for them. That was my feeling in the back of that car. I was amazed at the warmth that I received as one of the few white artists at that event – it knocked me over!
Coming back to London for a minute. What about other areas of London that are not connected with music in terms of eating, etc.?
DC: With the restaurants here, I’ve found that you often have to join these clubs which I find a little unusual. You have to be a member to eat there and I’ve gone to a couple of them. The Ritz and the White Elephant are some of the better places. I feel comfortable there – people don’t come up to me or hassle me and I feel like I’m in London when I’m in those places. I feel like I’m at home. You probably know more about this than anyone as you came from the clubs and spent most of your youth in the ..
GM: Most of the nights – most of my waking hours!
DC: I found a couple of clubs that I’ve been to, I haven’t been to the … (censored!) as you told me not to go …
GM: Not unless you want to pick up a secretary …
DC: (Laughing) I don’t think that I need to do that for my image this week – maybe next week. I don’t ever go to the clubs in LA because they’re very posey. I don’t feel comfortable if there’s the exciting “let’s have a good time” attitude. In Europe, in Italy and Germany, I went to a few clubs and found myself really having a good time etc. People notice me and they come up to me occasionally …
GM: (Amazed) You had a good time in Germany? I can’t think of a worse place to have a good time … but I suppose I don’t know Germany well enough.
DC: Well, I went to a club in Munich that I thought was great – everyone was in there drinking and laughing – having a good time. They all knew who I was and they’d look at me – a couple of people came up and asked for my autograph but that didn’t really bother me. It was like, he’s here, but let’s have a good time.
GM: I think the truth is that in most capitals and with the clubs you’re talking about in America – if you go past a certain age group then you’re going to get into that really posey bracket. I mean, there’s young posers but they can’t really keep it up after the first couple of drinks you know! That’s the basic difference and so if you go out at a reasonable time of night to any of the young clubs in London, everyone’s going to be pissed out of their heads!
DC: Yeah, but that’s alright.
GM: Yes, but if you go to Tramps or Stringfellows or Blondes or any of those places, you’re expecting people to stand there and assess you, you know?
DC: Well, that to me is not a good time out. I don’t enjoy that so I don’t go and partake in that experience. I just don’t enjoy myself, I’m not relaxed and can’t have a good time. So I tend to stay in a lot and in that respect, I think it’s more like LA. I’ve just sold my house in LA but I’ve lived there for the better part of 20 years and in LA people come to my house.
GM: That tends to be what you end up doing, doesn’t it? Even now, I think I’ll be the same, as the night life generally is not that good in London at the moment, so I’ve started to do that.
(A telephone rings)
DC: That’s my call to say I have to go now.
GM: Well, I’d better finish with a concluding question or a statement from you …
DC: (Laughing) I still think it’s a pity we didn’t get it the first time round!!
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