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My real name is Mica, spelled with a C. My dad is called Michael. He wanted me to be called Michael but my mother said over her dead body. She wasn't into the whole junior thing.

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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
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Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.
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I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.
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I was born out of classical music.
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Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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To me, being a classical snob in the highest possible way and being an indie snob is just as bad!
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A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.
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My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references it was all about being naive.
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I'm inspired by watching and listening to people. For example, my first novel, The Scale, came to life after I overheard two women discussing their struggle with their weight at the gym.
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Some people say I've got a five-octave range, which is ridiculous. That would mean I'd sing like Mariah Carey or that alien in 'The Fifth Element.' And I'm nothing like that blue alien. I've got a range of about 3 1/2 octaves.
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I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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I'd never compare myself to Freddie Mercury because I look up to him far too much. As an artist, not necessarily as a person.
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Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew.
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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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I certainly don't follow fashion. I think fashion, as far as the industry and the whole world that surrounds it, is quite vile, and I'm repelled by it.
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Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily activities!
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Identity for me is something that has to be played with and explored, and not become complacent about or uninterested in.
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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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