“In Their Own Words: George Michael” is a collection of George Michael quotes that was published in The Smash Hits Yearbook 1987.
“I always thought I was incredibly ambitious. I thought nothing could stop us from becoming the biggest stars in the world. But you get to the stage where you you’re chasing your own tail.”
– November ’85
“Out of all the pop stars I’ve met, we’re the most down-to-earth. We understand there’s nothing special about us.”
– November ’85
“Honestly, all this clean image stuff really gets on my nerves. Like people in America were coming up to me and “, George. I’m pleased you’re giving our kids some clean harmless fun” and I’d be going ‘AAAARGH! I don’t want this.”
– November ’85
“Andrew’s always felt perfectly confident because he knew he was there for a purpose and he had every right to be there. If I hadn’t needed him, or I hadn’t wanted to work with him any more, he knows it would have ended years ago.”
– June ’86
I don’t make donations and then ask for it to be publicised. I just do it when I think there’s an urgent need for something. I’m not doing it so that people think I’m the most generous person in the world. I wouldn’t be a pop star if I was. I’d be out there trying to solve all the things that are wrong with the world. But I’m too selfish for that.”
– June ’86
“On that Saturday, the two people you’ve either loved or hated for the past two or three years, through the papers on the radio or on the telly, will play their final concert at Wembley and everybody will know about it. That’s the thing I like most about the idea. We’ve transcended the idea of a pop group with this concert, we’ve become more like an event, a tiny part of the fabric of society. I couldn’t think of a better way of going.”
– June 86
I think we will be remembered as an entity. People will say, ‘Oh. Wake Me Up” … wasn’t that that pain poncing aound in shorts?!'”
– June ’86
“I’ve worked my arse off for years trying to keep this band at the top and now I think it’s about time I had a breather.
– June ’86
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okay thank you