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74 Quotes By George Michael For Your Musical Journey Of Life

Famous As: English Singer Who is Considered One of the Most Significant Cultural Icons of the MTV Generation
Born On: June 25, 1963
Died On: December 25, 2016
Born In: East Finchley, London, England
Died At Age: 53

George Michael was an English songwriter, philanthropist, singer, and record producer. He hogged the limelight as a part of the music duo ‘Wham!.’ He later embarked on a solo career and sold more than eighty million records and became of the top-selling music artist of all times. Some of his most notable works include ‘Last Christmas,’ ‘Make It Big,’ ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,’ ‘Faith,’ ‘Listen Without Prejudice,’ ‘Careless Whisper,’ ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me,’ ‘Faith,’ ‘Praying for Time,’ etc. Take a look at the famous sayings by George Michael which have been extracted from his thoughts, lyrics, writings, interviews and songs. Scroll through the corpus of popular quotes by George Michael on people, life, believe, letting-go, children, music, compassion, philosophy, pain, ego, business, sexuality, time, success, dream, etc.

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I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music.

I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music.

George Michael
All we have to see is that I don't belong to you, and you don't belong to me.

All we have to see is that I don't belong to you, and you don't belong to me.

George Michael
I seem to think that anything worth having in life has to be painful to attain.

I seem to think that anything worth having in life has to be painful to attain.

George Michael
I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.

I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.

George Michael
I think my idea of a perfect romance is when two people really belong to each other.

I think my idea of a perfect romance is when two people really belong to each other.

George Michael
I think I've gotten everything I want out of the last years, and I still feel like I have a lot of options open to me.

I think I've gotten everything I want out of the last years, and I still feel like I have a lot of options open to me.

George Michael
I think for most of us, our biggest frailties are sexual.

I think for most of us, our biggest frailties are sexual.

George Michael
I can't believe that I've written my best work yet. If I believed that, then I wouldn't bother releasing music anymore.

I can't believe that I've written my best work yet. If I believed that, then I wouldn't bother releasing music anymore.

George Michael
Change is a stranger you have yet to know.

Change is a stranger you have yet to know.

George Michael
50 percent of the people I perform for have come to scream at me and the other 50 percent have come to listen to the music.

50 percent of the people I perform for have come to scream at me and the other 50 percent have come to listen to the music.

George Michael
I think marriage is a good thing for children, because it gives them a feeling of security.

I think marriage is a good thing for children, because it gives them a feeling of security.

George Michael
I think I'm getting there, but it's very hard to perform at my absolute peak when an awful lot of people come just to make their presence known, when the lights go down and all you can hear is people screaming.

I think I'm getting there, but it's very hard to perform at my absolute peak when an awful lot of people come just to make their presence known, when the lights go down and all you can hear is people screaming.

George Michael
I suppose romantically there are fantasies that can still be realized. But not professionally.

I suppose romantically there are fantasies that can still be realized. But not professionally.

George Michael
I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.

I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.

George Michael
I mean, it is the perfect situation to really love someone to death and to want to rip their clothes off at the same time, isn't it?

I mean, it is the perfect situation to really love someone to death and to want to rip their clothes off at the same time, isn't it?

George Michael
I just hope that I'll stay around musically for as long as I can. I love to think that I will still be satisfying myself and other people as a musician until the day I die.

I just hope that I'll stay around musically for as long as I can. I love to think that I will still be satisfying myself and other people as a musician until the day I die.

George Michael
I don't go for safe options. Romantically, I go for people who are a pain in the ass.

I don't go for safe options. Romantically, I go for people who are a pain in the ass.

George Michael
Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart.

Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart.

George Michael
English people have seen me get through scandals.

English people have seen me get through scandals.

George Michael
Be good to yourself 'cause nobody else has the power to make you happy.

Be good to yourself 'cause nobody else has the power to make you happy.

George Michael
At a certain age I just stopped arguing. I realized that there was no way [my father] could see, because for him to approve of what I was doing, he would have to have some belief in me as a musician.

At a certain age I just stopped arguing. I realized that there was no way [my father] could see, because for him to approve of what I was doing, he would have to have some belief in me as a musician.

George Michael
I suppose maybe if I had been an attractive child, I would have had less inclination to push my physical presence.

I suppose maybe if I had been an attractive child, I would have had less inclination to push my physical presence.

George Michael
I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was.

I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was.

George Michael
I really have no plans for any kind of career in TV or anything, but if I wanted to become good at it, I could. But I don't really think it's in the cards.

I really have no plans for any kind of career in TV or anything, but if I wanted to become good at it, I could. But I don't really think it's in the cards.

George Michael
I probably owe an apology to fans that have been supportive and have not wanted to believe any of this was true. It takes a little bit of the sheen off of the mystique.

I probably owe an apology to fans that have been supportive and have not wanted to believe any of this was true. It takes a little bit of the sheen off of the mystique.

George Michael
I never had a moral problem with being gay.

I never had a moral problem with being gay.

George Michael
I lost my partner [Anselmo Feleppa] to HIV then it took about three years to grieve; then after that I lost my mother. I felt almost like I was cursed.

I lost my partner [Anselmo Feleppa] to HIV then it took about three years to grieve; then after that I lost my mother. I felt almost like I was cursed.

George Michael
I left school at 17 and was a star by the time I was 18 - in certain parts of the world anyway.

I left school at 17 and was a star by the time I was 18 - in certain parts of the world anyway.

George Michael
I just mean people who seem unavailable in the sense that they're not prepared to totally cling to anyone. I'm very attracted to people who are basically free spirits.

I just mean people who seem unavailable in the sense that they're not prepared to totally cling to anyone. I'm very attracted to people who are basically free spirits.

George Michael
I have two sisters. My father is Greek and comes from a family of seven. My mother is English and comes from a family of five.

I have two sisters. My father is Greek and comes from a family of seven. My mother is English and comes from a family of five.

George Michael