“In Their Own Words: Andrew Ridgeley” is a collection of Andrew’s quotes published in The Smash Hits Yearbook of 1987.
“I don’t lead a roll lifestyle! I do the things most people do on a Saturday night — the difference is that I get photographed doing it.”
– September ’85
“When we go out nowadays it’s not just as simple as saying ‘let’s go to the pub for a drink’: you’ve got to consider things like ‘do I really want to sign 400 autographs tonight?'”
– September ’85
“The press seem to have an angle for everything: Randy Andy! Arrogant Andrew! Aggressive Andrew! Or the latest one — dribbling Andrew! I just can’t win. Maybe I should change my name to Trevor.”
– September ’85
“I used to have a fetish about clean hands but now I only wash them about every 5 minutes. And I always eat one piece of toast cold and one hot — the one one with jam on it and the cold one plain. I don’t know what you make of that.”
– September ’85
“Other eccentricities must include always getting chucked out of clubs. It’s become almost par for the course. At the Hippodrome — well, I’m usually dead drunk and they shouldn’t really throw me out for collapsing on the bar but they do. The last time we were there David (Austin) collapsed and someone else sat on his head and I kicked him, and we got physically slung out that night. Another time Dave dragged me round the floor doing ballet to Swan Lake — they didn’t seem to mind us doing that.”
– September ’85
“I feel I have a natural flair for showing off”
– July ’86
“I do want a house and I do want a Ferrari Daytona, but that’s it. I don’t want a Lear jet or a yacht parked at St. Tropez. It’s just not my scene. In a very short space of time we have gone to being one of the most famous acts in the universe. It should feel different. But how exactly is a pop star supposed to feel? I don’t know …”
– September ’85
“From the start we agreed that Wham! would split up at the top. It’s easy to say that but when you get close to it … well, that’s a different matter. We’ll just have to wait and see.”
– September ’85
“George has the greater talent, so it’s going to overshadow mine whatever. I can sing a bit but not as well as him, so what’s the point? The same with songwriting. It just so happens he’s one of the best songwriters in the world today. So I’m satisfied to step back and leave all that to George.”
– September ’85
“I contribute everything to Wham! that George doesn’t.
– July ’86
“When I was at school with George I just looked forward … this is awfully romantic … but I always saw us sitting on a verandah just having a drink, but old, you know?”
– July ’86
