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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.
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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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
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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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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.
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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 say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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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'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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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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New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
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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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