I used to believe that George Michael was a total actor. It was self-defeating, because it made me also feel fraudulent.

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• George Michael:

  I realised those things my ego needed - fame and success - were going to make me terribly unhappy.

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  It takes so much strength to say to your ego, 'You know what? You're going to keep me lonely, so I

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  For some strange reason, my gay life didn't get easier when I came out. Quite the opposite happened

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  The press seemed to take some delight that I previously had a 'straight audience,' and set about tr

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  In the years when HIV was a killer, any parent of an openly gay person was terrified. I knew my mot

• George Michael:

  I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational

• George Michael:

  I'm not stupid enough to think that I can deal with another 10 or 15 years of major exposure. I thi

• George Michael:

  I'd like to say things are bound to get better, but I don't really believe it.

• Eric Clapton:

  But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably i

• Eric Clapton:

  Music became a healer for me.