To actually pursue our ambition to its zenith, we should have made another album, because in the States we’d only had one successful album. In a sense, Wham! failed in its ultimate goal, even though it got 75 or 95 percent of the way there. Andrew Ridgeley Read Quote
People get very put out when someone is as forceful in their views and in their methods as George is. Andrew Ridgeley Read Quote
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. Andrew Ridgeley Read Quote
On Christmas Day 2016, the greatest singer songwriter of his generation, an icon of his era, George Michael, was lost. A supernova in the shining stars had been extinguished and it felt like the sky had fallen in. Andrew Ridgeley Read Quote
We were bringing Wham! to a close, but we weren’t bringing our friendship to a close. Andrew Ridgeley Read Quote
Give yourself a healthy bit of distance between your fame and reality because they are two different things. Andrew Ridgeley Read Quote
We were both dabbling with music but no, I persuaded George, railroaded him really into forming a band. I think we both had the belief that we would make it. That was the central pillar around everything else. Andrew Ridgeley Read Quote
Perhaps the biggest lesson that I would say is the one to learn is not to let fame and fortune get inside your head. Andrew Ridgeley Read Quote
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. Andrew Ridgeley Read Quote
