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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.
Mika
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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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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'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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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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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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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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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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In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.
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You never know which gig is going to be your last.
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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'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'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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My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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I was born out of classical music.
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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 write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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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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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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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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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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No one knows what I am and really, I wonder if I do, at the end of the day.
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