"Yog" is an abbreviation - my real name is Yorgos, which is Greek for George.

It's quite simple: I managed it by doing away with Wham!'s duo image. Obviously, the way I looked changed and that helped a little, but I still have a very pop image. It's a very video-friendly image. I find it a lot more real. It's a lot closer to who I am than the whole Wham! thing.

This was absolutely an attack on [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, principally, and the perspective which is really predominant in Europe right now that he's not questioning enough of Mr. Bush's policies.

We both [me and Andrew Ridgeley ] knew that splitting up was the right thing to do, and there was no animosity between us at all.

For a while I took Ecstacy when it was not very available over here. I took it simply because it made me feel that everything was wonderful.

I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s.

It's the ones who resist that we most want to kiss, wouldn't you say?