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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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I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
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The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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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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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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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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In the stock market, when you are right, you make a little money when you are wrong, you learn a lot of lessons, so you always win!
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Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.
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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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In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.
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My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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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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You never know which gig is going to be your last.
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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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I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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I certainly don't follow fashion. I think fashion, as far as the industry and the whole world that surrounds it, is quite vile, and I'm repelled by it.
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The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.
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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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