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I'm not interested in what they have to say. I'm only interested in people that are interested in me for the right reasons.

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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
Actor
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Phoenix
Arizona
Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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Right
People

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I was born out of classical music.
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I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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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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The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.
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I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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I don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.
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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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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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I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
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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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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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