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I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
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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New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
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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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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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I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew.
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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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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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Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.
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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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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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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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In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.
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Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
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I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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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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You never know which gig is going to be your last.
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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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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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When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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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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