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The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
Mika
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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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Boxing
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Ring
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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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To me, being a classical snob in the highest possible way and being an indie snob is just as bad!
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I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.
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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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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.
Mika
I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
Mika
Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily activities!
Mika
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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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 fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
Mika
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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Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
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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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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.
Mika
Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew.
Mika
I was born out of classical music.
Mika
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.
Mika
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.
Mika
My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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