Words matter. These are the best Andrew Ridgeley Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I’d rather be called lightweight than serious any day.
A loss of a great friend is traumatic and emotionally tough.
Nothing had prepared me for the depth of pain George’s death precipitated.
I think we achieved what we wanted to achieve. It was a short time period but we had broken America, we had been a worldwide success, and certainly George, as a songwriter, was outgrowing Wham!
George probably wanted to be rich and famous – most of us do, I think – but I don’t think he ever wanted to be a star.
One of the promises we made to each other was that Wham! would never be resurrected because it was about being young.
The video for ‘Last Christmas’ was shot in the early winter of 1984 in the Swiss ski resort of Saas Fee. It was a glorious affair, and the two days we spent shooting it were a riot of laughter and fun, which I think comes across.
It’s very difficult to put it into words or really put your finger on exactly what it was that people found so attractive about Wham! But it was a lot to do with George and me and our friendship.
Our demo tape we got signed on was composed of three songs, ‘Wham Rap,’ half of ‘Club Tropicana’ and a verse and the chorus of ‘Careless Whisper’ and we thought that was good enough.
My parents actively tried to discourage me from going into music – especially Dad, because of the troubled times he had in his youth.
It’s an amazing privilege to perform for an audience paying to hear the music that you’ve recorded.
It goes without saying that when it came to musical talent, George was in a completely different league to me – as he was to most people!
I had always been aware of George’s importance to me, of the bond of friendship and of the sparkle and light, effervescence and electricity that suffused the music we made.
I think it’d be pretty juvenile to make a record as a reaction to my critics.
George is very, very single-minded in his approach. And I think a lot of the things that he has said and done have been misconstrued as arrogant rather than the single-mindedness they really are.
George and I met in 1975 at Bushey Meads secondary school in Bushey, Hertfordshire. I was in my second year – self-confident, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and excitable. He was the new boy and I was keen that I should get to look after him.
We don’t like our lives being monitored, so when someone dies alone, perhaps there are always answers that remain out of reach.
Give yourself a healthy bit of distance between your fame and reality because they are two different things.
George had performed musical alchemy, distilling the essence of Christmas into music. Adding a lyric which told the tale of betrayed love was a masterstroke and, as he did so often, he touched hearts.
One has to spend time sort of really going back through one’s memories. When you do start doing that then, you do recall more as time goes on.
For a while, I really wasn’t fussed about having a public profile. I have come to the realization that I am a lot more comfortable with it than I was.
Certainly that’s what I like in a lot of the music that I listen to, kind of a sexual energy. Guitars and rock get it across best for me.
It’s nice to watch great acts perform their material. But I can’t say that it tweaks any desire within.
The success came very quickly and it was a different age so one’s awareness, especially in a global sense wasn’t quite the same as it was these days because of social media and because of the huge variety of media that people are exposed to.
George’s contribution to the great archive of contemporary music rests alongside the immortals. His is a legacy of unquestionable brilliance and one which will continue to shine and resonate for generations to come.
