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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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My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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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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