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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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No one knows what I am and really, I wonder if I do, at the end of the day.
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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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The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
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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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My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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I was born out of classical music.
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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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When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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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'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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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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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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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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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 can't just listen to music walking down the street unless I have a reason to. I can't just listen to music as a piece of junk in the background. It drives me insane.
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Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.
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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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I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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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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