The main downside was that it [fame] happened so quickly and I didn't have time to establish what kind of person I wanted to be.

I was at Live Aid the original, looking like Rolf Harris for some reason. I had a really long beard that day for some reason.

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

You can have my credit card, baby, but keep your red hot fingers off of my heart, lady.

[My father] was more than apprehensive. He didn't think I stood a chance in hell. He had no confidence in me whatsoever and was convinced that I was going to be coming to him for money when I was 40. We argued about it constantly.

Still, the music was always there, and the lyrical capability was always threatening to show its head.

We [with Andrew Ridgeley] were getting so much attention and achieving such success. It never really bothered me.