You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.
George Michael
I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.
There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find.
Is my body a temple, or is my life a temple? I'm definitely in the latter category, and I think my life has been better since thinking that way.
I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am.
The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.
In the years when HIV was a killer, any parent of an openly gay person was terrified. I knew my mother well enough that she would spend every day praying that I didn't come across that virus. She'd have worried like that.
Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that.
I think the media is a real demon.
I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person.
I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.
I am really not interested or excited by repeating former successes.
I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.
Anybody who fights for human rights or to make this world a better place. Nurses, doctors, teachers: these are the people who deserve the credit these days.
If you don't feel you're reaching something new, then don't do it.
I'm not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years.
I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.
I never really told my parents that I wanted to be a pop star or anything. They just knew that I was totally obsessed with music. Funnily enough, my father always used to say that he didn't think I could sing.
I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me.
I am a political person, though not with a big P.
I have no belief in The Bible or religion, but I think Armageddon was a lucky guess. I honestly think it's going to happen.
I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.
I realised those things my ego needed - fame and success - were going to make me terribly unhappy. So I wrenched myself away from that. I had to. I had to walk away from America and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career because I knew, otherwise, my demons would get the better of me.
Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart.
Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.
There are things about my mum that I only realised later, things that make me admire her.
I don't want to look at other people my age in leather. Why would I put it on?
I'm not stupid enough to think that I can deal with another 10 or 15 years of major exposure. I think that is the ultimate tragedy of fame... People who are simply out of control, who are lost. I've seen so many of them, and I don't want to be another cliche.
I spent the first half of my career being accused of being gay when I hadn't had anything like a gay relationship.
I know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest.
It's important to me that I should be free to express myself.
It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere.
I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying.
My ego is sated.
My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't. I am grateful to them for that.
I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me.
Deep down, my ego always thought that I would outlast a lot of people that I was competing against.
I write about my life.
It takes so much strength to say to your ego, 'You know what? You're going to keep me lonely, so I have to ignore you.'
Not many people are really that meticulous with what they do, I suppose, but I'm just a control freak and terribly afraid of failure or regret. I work very hard on these things.
I had very little fear about it, but basically, my straight friends talked me out of it. I think they thought as I was bisexual, there was no need to. But it's amazing how much more complicated it became because I didn't come out in the early days. I often wonder if my career would have taken a different path if I had.
The '90s were a bit of a disaster for me in so many ways. On a personal level, I don't think I could have toured. Also, I had some physical problems with my back that are now sorted and I just wasn't in the right state of mind.
I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of.
There are so many things and so many aspects to gay life that I've discovered and so many things to write about. I have a new life, and I have a new take on dance music because of that life.
The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on.
There is no such thing as a reluctant star.
I owe my mother who I am, and my father my drive.
Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups.
I've always been the porky boy in my head.
I was brought up when media still kept totally away from violence when it came to children. I don't think it would have made me scared of violence, but I find it repulsive.
