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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
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Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.
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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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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 say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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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'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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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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My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
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Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.
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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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