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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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I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.
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When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today.
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I was always told that I was too strange or that I was too cheesy by different groups of people, like the record companies said I was way too weird and the indie people wouldn't even let me in their band.
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I've always said in the press, I can fall in love with a man. I can fall in love with a woman. And I've always said that I have no shame in that.
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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.
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I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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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 about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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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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I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would've said things to people's faces instead of just running away all the time.
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The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
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It's [F1] your life. You're focused on just one thing and there's no room for anything else. Friends don't necessarily understand, because the way you think about life develops completely differently to how it does for normal people.
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Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
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I was born out of classical music.
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We all have to be dishes on a plate eventually, with the way we are marketed, but I have no intention of being a cheap Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet.
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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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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 have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
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