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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.
Mika
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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
Actor
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Phoenix
Arizona
Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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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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My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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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 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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The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
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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 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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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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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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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'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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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 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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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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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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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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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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