'George got a lot less joy out of being George Michael than we got out of George Michael'
not perceived as that," he says."People don't look upon him as a tragic figure. Yes, he died at the age of 53. It shouldn't have happened. It happened. And yet I think that George Michael, his name and his music instantly make people happy."
However, he had been working on a project before he died - the documentary Freedom, which was re-released in cinemas in June and featured elements of his discussion with Young.
He says he wanted to tell Michael's story honestly."I'm fascinated by both the shiny, bright, triumphant moments of lives and the really down moments of lives. And I think that artists like George - as well as all of us, but especially artists of that depth - are defined by everything that happened to them."
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