AS HE SLIPPED FROM PUBLIC VIEW, the tabloids decided George Michael was weird and dour. “I was happy letting people make up their own little character as long as I didn’t have to be involved. I knew how to protect my sanity and songwriting.”
By the end of 1989, his least favourite solo album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 was complete. “Everyone thought it meant Listen To Me Without Prejudice which would have been so fucking wimpy and self-absorbed. It meant I Don’t Think You’re Prejudiced Against Me But If You Are Fuck Off, You Don’t Have To Buy It.
SOURCE: George Michael Interview on Q Magazine (December 1998)