Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 391 –October 31, 2018

Are you familiar with
“The Secret”?
I’m a big fan of
manifestations, putting
things out there. I watch
a lot of inquiring people
talking all the time. I
have read “The Secret,”
and I’m always reading
things like that. I do
believe that what you put
out there makes a big
difference. Sometimes
you have to go against
what other people feel,
and sometimes you have
to be quite strong and
say to people, “This isn’t
the right time,” or “This
is what I feel we need
to do to make it work,”
and that’s really what
happened with the band.
It’s an ongoing thing.
It’s never done. You’re
constantly going around
in a circle, trying to make
sense of all the madness.
I feel that you were one
of those people who
knew you were destined
to become a star.
What’s a star? I think it’s
confidence, isn’t it? The
way I look at it, what gives
me the most pleasure is
creating things. In terms
of music, there is nothing
more exciting than having
an idea, strumming it out
on a guitar, perfecting
it, recording it, making
it into a piece of art.
There’s nothing better
than that. Sharing it with
other people, seeing their
reaction. There’s nothing
better than creating stuff.
I feel blessed that I am
able to do that pretty
much every day. I’d like to
make another record.
If you were to put out a
next single, what would
it be?
The next single would
be “Life,” but you have
to look at this record as
a body of work. It’s a
beautiful cake. People
are going to take slices
of it. I think that’s an
old-fashioned way of
thinking. I don’t think that
applies anymore. It’s really
the whole record that’s
important, not the singles.
There are so many ways
to connect with people
now, and those rules are
constantly changing.
I don’t know what the
future holds, but all I
care about is that people
get to hear the record,
however they get to hear
it.
Your doing a massive
“Life” tour. Have you
had your ultimate stage
fantasy yet?
No.
What would you need to
happen?
What you do strive
for is those shows
where you actually
enjoy it as well. You’re
up there working and
entertaining people,
but if you can hit that
spot where you can
come off stage and
say, “I really enjoyed
that gig...” I’m the
kind of person that
comes off stage and
says, “Oh, that wasn’t
right.” It’s rare there are
times that I come off
stage and say, “I really
enjoyed that gig,” and
everybody is smiling.
The songwriting
is relentlessly and
unapologetically
personal, giving us an
insight into the sheer
genius that George has
become, genius forged in
the fires of celebrity and
stardom, catastrophic
falls from grace, and
now with this album
genius formed from self
examination and the
sheer joy of “Life”. By
the finale of this album,
you will be able to say
with dazzling confidence,
“George, I understand
you and appreciate you.”