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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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Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.
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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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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'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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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'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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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
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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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Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.
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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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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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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 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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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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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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Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily activities!
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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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