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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
Musician
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Songwriter
Phoenix
Arizona
Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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More quotes by Mika
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.
Mika
The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
Mika
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.
Mika
I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
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
Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew.
Mika
The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.
Mika
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.
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.
Mika
Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
Mika
My real name is Mica, spelled with a C. My dad is called Michael. He wanted me to be called Michael but my mother said over her dead body. She wasn't into the whole junior thing.
Mika
Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
Mika
The one thing about me is that I don’t even know where I’ll end up, and I don’t know what I’ll be doing but I know that I’ll never really stop.
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
In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
Mika
You never know which gig is going to be your last.
Mika
Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.
Mika
When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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
To me, being a classical snob in the highest possible way and being an indie snob is just as bad!
Mika
