We always talked [with Andrew Ridgeley] about when it would happen - we always knew that I would go on to have a solo career.

I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do.

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

I just feel "One More Try" is better lyrically. "Careless Whisper" was written when I was 17 years old, and I had not really experienced anything that strong in my life, so it was a bit precocious.

By the time I was in my early teens, we were able to move into a much more middle-class area. I had a comfortable adolescence.

Playing with Queen was the biggest moment of my career. It was like living a childhood fantasy.

We had to create an album where there wasn't one. I never listen to that album [ Music From the Edge of Heaven] because it wasn't an album.