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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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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
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Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.
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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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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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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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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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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 was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
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I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
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My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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