Early on in his career, George Michael received some sound advice from Frank Sinatra on how to properly deal with his new found fame.

"I'm not stupid enough to think that I can deal with another 10 or 15 years of major exposure," Michael told The Los Angeles Times in 1990 following the release of his album Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1. "I think that is the ultimate tragedy of fame.

People who are simply out of control, who are lost. I've seen so many of them, and I don't want to be another cliché."

After reading Michael's comments, Sinatra wrote a letter to the newspaper in order to admonish the singer.

"I don't understand a guy who lives 'in hopes of reducing the strain of his celebrity status'," Sinatra wrote.

"Here's a kid who 'wanted to be a pop star since I was about seven years old.' And now that he's a smash performer and songwriter at 27 he wants to quit doing what tons of gifted youngsters all over the world would shoot grandma for - just for one crack at what he's complaining about.

Come on George, Loosen up. Swing, man.

Dust off those gossamer wings and fly yourself to the moon of your choice and be grateful to carry the baggage we've all had to carry since those lean nights of sleeping on buses and helping the driver unload the instruments."