But during George’s long period of enforced exile (which saw a slump in earnings from £15.8 million in 1988 to under £800,000 last year), even some of his closest supporters have sometimes wondered if he still had his old passion to make music.
At times, even he wondered whether he’d lost it.
“I wasn’t sure myself,” he admits. “I have always kept writing songs throughout the last five years. That never stopped.
“But it was only a year ago when I wrote ‘Jesus to a Child’ that I got back confidence in my own ability. It always felt like a special song and an appropriate one to come back with.
“Of course five years is a long time to be away. But I know the people who are into my music are very loyal and I never believed there would be an impossible amount of ground to make up, not if the new stuff was good enough – which I know it is. The new record feels like by far, the most complete thing I have ever done.”
SOURCE: George Michael on His Long Absence from the Music Scene
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