Freedom. I will not give you up.

Only time will set you free, just like me

[Wham!] totally changed my life. It would be very difficult to know how it changed me as a person; you'd have to ask other people that.

My music is some of the most honest music that's been released and I think that's why people buy it.

Things that I was writing for Wham! were a strong indication of what my future album would be like. But most people got so lost in our image and found it pretty repulsive.

I don't really feel I deserve something if I haven't had to fight for it. It's not a conscious attitude, and it's stupid and wrong. Sometimes you do deserve things without having to put yourself through agony.

Obviously, [Wham!] made me a lot more comfortable as a musician. I was very confident that I would become a successful musician, but I had no idea I would be a celebrity.