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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.

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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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New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
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My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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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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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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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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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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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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When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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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 to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.
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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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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.
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I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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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 was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
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You never know which gig is going to be your last.
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