Ridgeley flings a pillow at Michael. “The strength of our friendship is that we’ve known each other so long there are no surprises,” he explains. Even Michael’s solo plans fail to provoke a negative reaction from the happy-go-lucky guitarist. “I know the range he is capable of, and it’s ridiculous to think he should waste fantastic songs just because they don’t fit into what we want to do as Wham!”
SOURCE: Double Wham!my George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley Are Making It Big (People, 1985)